#💀𝓣𝖆𝖌 : queue

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@corfides 💜'd for a starter from 𝒟𝒶𝒷𝒾. ( for Hawks :3c )

❝ Fine, we can go for a fly but if you drop me I'm gonna roast you, got it ? ❞ Despite  his  words,  he's  not  too  worried  about  Hawks  dropping  him.  He  wouldn't  mention  it,  but  he  could  fly  a  little,  thanks  to  his  flames. 

He  just  wasn't  really  good  at  it,  given  they  tended  to  burn  him  the  more  he  used  them.  But  it'd  be  enough  to  save  him  from  plummeting  to  his  death;  he's  sure  of  that. ❝ You sure you can lift me in the first place ? You're not exactly jacked or anything. ❞

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@theriddleman

I’m your deadly nightshade, I’m your cherry tree You’re my one true love, I’m your destiny

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@theriddleman : you're ridiculous, sometimes. but that's alright. - for Oswald.

❝  I'm  ridiculous  ?!  ❞  He  snaps,  turning  around  to  face  Ed,  nearly  spilling  the  scotch  in  his  hand  as  one  of  his  fingers  rises  to  point  to  the  air  for  dramatic  effect.  ❝  He  comes  into  MY  lounge !  MY  LOUNGE,  Ed ! ❞  That  pointing  finger  of  his  has  now  directed  itself  to  the  floor,  again,  for  dramatic  effect.  Ever  animated,  he  waddles  forward  with  purpose  as  he  continues  to  speak,  his  voice  raised.  ❝  He  comes  into  my  lounge  and he  threatens  ME !  Who  does  he  think  he  is ?! ❞

And  just  like  that,  Oswald  turns  himself,  plopping  himself  down  on  the  lovely  plush  seat,  that  self-righteous  fury  of  his  simmering  down  into  little  more  than  a  pout.  He  threw  back  the  last  of  his  drink  and  sulked.  ❝ I  needa  another  drink. ❞ 

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𝔒𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔥𝔞𝔲𝔩 ; The man and the quirk

Lets start with Overhaul: The man.

I've mentioned before I think he's actually a really great character and its a little tragic he was wasted the way he was ( Though I don't really blame Hori. I know what was up. You might not get it but I do. ) and its even more tragic the fandom treats him the way it does, imo. Like, the fandom really likes to behave as if he is a hate-sink, which I don't agree with. Like I really don't think Hori intended him to be viewed that way and there's a decent amount of discourse in the fandom that accuses Kai of being transphobic.

Personally, I don't think its ENTIRELY untrue but for me its more in the sense of Kai being raised in an organization that is very traditional, conservative and male dominated. As far as Kai's misgendering of Magne went, I don't think it was intentional but I also don't think Kai would never do it again. I think he'd stumble over it a few times but less because of genuine bigotry and more from Kai just being unfamiliar with GNC trans people and the wider, more diverse trans umbrella, in general. In my main verse, Kai's only real experience with a trans person is Hari, who he loves very dearly and who archived his male body because of Kai's assistance, but Hari is largely gender conforming. This said, Kai would be fine to change Hari in anyway he wanted at any time, he just doesn't know another trans person personally beyond Hari. Like I said, its a diverse group and and moreover, its very unlikely Kai or Hari have been consuming a wealth of trans positivity or information in their environment.

So I don't think someone like Kai would really have the ability to "win" here. I think he'd come off looking like a bigot no matter what he did. I could see him just offering to reassemble Magne to make her female and this hilariously also being seen as offensive much to his confusion but honestly ? It'd be up to Mange. He wouldn't force it, he'd just suggest it, though I could just see him putting it across in an "insensitive" or "incorrect" way like, for example "I could make you a real woman if you wanted." Again, hes just. Not really in the transosphere to be aware of the most sensitive and correct way to approach these things.

But yeah, no, I don't think Kai is genuinely bigoted, I just don't think he has much experience here. In my eyes, he's confused but he's got the spirit and that goes beyond this particular issue because my logic for this comes from the structure and traditions of the Yakuza ━ this is to say the Yakuza are quiet conservative. They don't allow women into the organization outside of sex slaves for their prostitution rackets, wives and girlfriends, none of which hold any particular power, so, sorry to disappoint, but they're a very sexist and patriarchal organization.

That said, for me, Kai thinks the Hassaikai needs to modernize to survive and this includes Kai being someone who really doesn't really see a problem laxing long standing Yakuza traditions like, as a big example, not accepting female members. For Kai, particularly taking into account they're living in a supernatural society, quirks are what make people useful and valuable ━ not gender/sexuality/etc. A woman with a strong quirk is far more valuable than a man with a weak quirk.

Kai sees no reason for the Hassaikai to hold on to the boys club tradition of the Yakuza. Kai sees no reason not to make use of any and all resources to get an edge and ahead of any competition or at the very least save themselves from extinction. He'd be more interested in being more inclusive and open minded than the Yakuza traditions allow, which in canon was brought up by Yakuza members as something they hated about Kai.

Yet. Kai recognized not taking full advantage of quirks and rather holding on to these traditions that may have conflicted with the rise of quirks caused the Yakuza to stumble. Kai has fashioned himself as the villain that will modernize the Yakuza and thus elevate them to a status of power and respectability in supernatural society and to achieve this goal, he's no longer Kai Chisaki, he's Overhaul.

I mentioned before Kai admires and took a lot of inspiration for his villain persona from All For One. The parallels between the two of them are really quiet striking. Like All for One, Kai named himself after his quirk. I've mentioned motifs and symbolization for Kai, at least in my portrayal, are contradiction, black and white, yin and yang, duality. This is another way this shows for me because Kai's goal gives everyone, not just the fandom but characters in the canon, the impression that Kai is a bigot who hates quirks and wants to completely destroy them. Kai himself however claims he doesn't want to destroy quirks themselves, he wants to destroy current society.

( Just like the LoV, actually but I've yapped about that before too. I will say, however, my hottest take is that Kai was right. Magne attacked him first unprovoked, and its really weird to me how the LoV continued to act like he wasn't just defending himself and the fandom reeeeallly doesn't seem to take into account Magne was a career criminal who had murdered multiple men and was trying to literally crush Kai's skull with her magnet so like, idk, I honestly can't say he wasn't sort of justified in defending himself from what otherwise would have been death for him. In fact, the way the whole LoV talks to and about Kai is strange to me and I think a bit OOC because you kinda get the sense the LoV have to mirror anti-Yakuza sentiments moreso so Hori doesn't get accused of supporting Yakuza irl because Japan's weird about this shit, rather than that being really IC for the LoV, but I digress. ) While Kai absolutely and imo understandably has some internalized issues, wiping out all quirks wasn't Kai's actual goal or intention. If nothing else, even if you see Kai as a bigot, that would be bad for business and an integral part of Kai's plan that is frequently left out was reverse engineering the quirk erasing bullets to create a quirk restoring drug. And IMO ? It wasn't necessarily quirks themselves Kai was trying to "cure". Like with Stain, Kai was out to "cure" quirks that were used in a way he deemed detrimental to society ━ specifically heroes and what Kai refers to as "hero syndrome", which, yes, he believes is a symptom of their quirks. And its tragic that I don't think the fandom understands what he's talking about but I've moaned about that before, too. In a nutshell, the MHA fandom tends to really miss the fact that Hori repeatedly established the Hero worshipping Society of MHA is a bad thing and a powerful tool in the systematic oppression of people with quirks. But with how he chose to end the story, I really can't blame anyone anymore for missing it all. Kai's plan would put an end to governments who abuse quirks and use Heroes to monopolize society. It would level the playing field between the empowered and stigmatized, the common man and the government, and most importantly, it would make Kai and his allies rich and powerful beyond imagination. That was the plan. It was never "get rid of all quirks because I don't like them."

Take note of how similar Kai's plan to essentially take and give quirks is to All for One's rise. All for One, with his own quirk, essentially did the same thing. He gave quirks to those who wanted them and took quirks from those who didn't. This is how AFO gained power and control and built his following. Kai is essentially doing the same thing but with drugs that he could sell to whoever would pay for them ━ and given societies present reliance on quirks ━ Kai's drugs would be sought after by everyone.

So Kai's relationship with quirks is obviously way more complicated than "guy that doesn't like quirks." Kai's like in-between someone like AFO who very much loves his quirk and is shamelessly enwound in it, in spite of being born in a time when the fear and hatred for quirks was at an all time high, and someone like Flect Turn, for example, who hated his quirk and viewed it as a curse due to the suffering it caused him.

Kai doesn't hate his quirk. Like All for One he has built himself around it and actually has very positive feelings for it, but this being said, Kai does think of quirks as an illness, he doesn't think of himself as exempt from this, and he has negative feelings based on that manifesting most strongly in his mysophobia, but as far as my personal HC goes, this is also heavily, heavily enwound in his trauma and personal history. For me, its hard to say if Kai would think the way he thinks about quirks if his childhood had been different. Again, he doesn't exclude himself from the idea of being "sick". In fact its really how he explains his mysophobia, anxiety and the physical, emotional reactions he has to people touching him. Again, I don't think this is actually because of Kai's quirk exactly. He's deeply traumatized and doesn't remember what happened to him. His memories come in his reactions and his fear of "germs", not in actually remembering the abuse in the orphanage. He's deeply repressed and buried all of that. He does have vivid memories of his mother being sick and filth they lived in, but the orphanage where Kai's fear of touch and all the other more debilitating damage done to him is missing entirely.

I'm drawing parallels with Tomura here and the fact Decay has a mental and physical impact on Tomura. Stressful situations cause Tomura to itch, which is implied to be a result of decay, along with his skin flaking, as if turning to dust. Kai has a very similar thing in the sense that when he's stressed/agitated, it has a physical manifestation on his skin. He becomes itchy and breaks out in hives, particularly in places he feels he has been "contaminated", almost as if his skin is physically trying to transform itself in response to what it views as a threat. Both these issues may have ties to Overhaul and Decay respectively, but they also seem to be heavily related to trauma. Shigaraki's abuse and emotional destress and the hands of his father and Kai's mysophobia and, in my headcanon, abuse at the orphanage. Neither of them like to be touched by strangers. This is all stuff that is really common in IRL victims of abuse which is why I think it has less to do with the quirk and more to do with the trauma, the quirks just happen to exasperate the issue due to their innate connections to the users. In another way, we can also see this with Dabi and how his flames react to his emotions. Last notes about Kai himself: I portray him as someone on the spectrum. He speaks in a relatable "autistic monotone" and is an extremely logically minded type of person. He ticks enough boxes for me to decide he has the evil autism pass. Good for him. I also portray Kai as gay, or, "homoflexible." He tends to be almost exclusively attracted to men / masc aligned individuals. On the rare occasion he's attracted to women its usually because they're masculine in some way ━ this said, it doesn't take much for a woman to be considered masculine or boyish in Japanese society and Kai is very much a product of his society.

Ultimately Kai's never labeled himself as bisexual because his attraction to women has been so rare. This said, he's never labeled himself as anything, because he's closer to closeted than he is to out but this is more a "don't ask, don't tell" situation, once again stemming from the Yakuza being so dominated by masculinity and Japanese conservatism.

As far as the culture goes, its not necessarily shameful to be gay, its moreso shameful to be thought of as taking a woman's role. Kai is unfortunate enough to be young and pretty and this alone can give people, particularly older men he's surrounded by, the wrong idea of him. He's had... A lot of passes from older men in the crime world. Usually this repulses him, in way that could have people mistake him for homophobic, funnily enough, but no, this is because it often comes from a weird, objectifying place of these men thinking because he's young and pretty they can treat him like an object and exert their idea of superiority / seniority over him.

Kai's known to have a nasty temper, he gets in fights with other gangs and criminals A LOT. So he's good at upholding the dangerous, macho image required of someone who lives his lifestyle despite his sexuality, which is probably why older guys tend to piss him off. They tend to think because they're older than him they can disrespect him, which has caused certain issues. I could also say some of Kai's more vicious demeanor comes from compensating in this specific area.

Needless to say, he's more assertive and focused around other gangsters than people without strong gang/crime ties. He does NOT have the same manner around civilians/non gang members, where he's usually a lot more relaxed and friendly. He'd probably even let weird old normie guys flirt with him and play along a little so long as they weren't getting on any weird power trips with him, but either way hes fully capable of reminding weird old guys who think they're going to assert some unwarranted sense of authority over him that he could literally give them a pussy to fuck if he wanted to. Speaking of Kai's quirk though. Lets get into Overhaul: The quirk.

I  don't  think  canon  ever  says  exactly  how  it  works  outside  of  “Deconstruction  and  reconstruction”,  which  leaves  a  lot  to  the  imagination,  so  for  me,  these  are  my  Headcanonny  thoughts  from  being  insane.  It  reads  as  transmutation  and  matter  manipulation.  It  also  has  strong  elements  of  biokinesis.  This  literally  means  Kai  is  able  to  control  all  physical  matter  on  a  molecular  level.  His  power  is  similar  to  Atom  Eve's  from  Invincible  if  anyone  needs  an  outer  world  reference  on  what  matter  manipulation  powers  look  like.  This  is  a  nearly  god-tier  power  with  the  amount  of  uses  it  has/can  have.

This  being  said,  Kai's  power  is  slightly  different  in  the  sense  that  he  can  only  manipulate  solid  matter  and  he  has  to  be  able  to  physically  touch  it  for  his  power  to  work.  He  also  cannot  create  particles  out  of  air,  he  can  only  manipulate  and  transform  already  solid  constructs.  Keeping  in  mind,  though,  this  is  Kai's  power  at  its  base  form.  He's  never  had  any  kind  of  quirk  awakening  or  any  kind  of  power  booster.

Kai  can  alter  and  form  physical  materials  (organic  and  inorganic)  by  clumping  molecules  together  or  rearranging  them,  or  he  can  “destroy”  materials  by  dismembering  and  scattering  the  molecules.  This  is  why  when  Kai  murders  someone  they  appear  as  if  they  have  "blown  up".  See:  Magne  and  the  random  thug  that  lost  sight  of  Eri.  Keep  in  mind,  Kai  only  needs  to  touch  someone  with  a  single  finger  to  do  this. 

This  being  said.  Kai  never  actually  "destroys"  the  matter.  He  doesn't  need  to.  He  simply  scatters  it  at  such  a  force  and  such  an  amount  that,  again,  it  appears  as  if  he's  caused  an  explosion  but  the  matter  itself  stays  in  tact.  This  is  different  to  Decay  in  the  sense  that  while  Decay  was  manufactured  from  Kai's  quirk  it  was  altered  so  that  its  sole  interaction  with  matter  is  to  corrode  and  break  it  down,  not  to  scatter/dismember  or  rearrange/combine  it  the  way  Kai's  quirk  does.

He  can  change  any  physical  matter  into  a  completely  different  form  or  he  can  change  it  back  into  its  previous  form  and  vice  versa.  Kai  can  reassemble  matter  he  has  scattered,  which  means  he  can  blow  someone  apart  and  put  them  back  together  again.  See:  Rappa.

If  he  does  this  before  the  atoms  "cool"  he  can  literally  kill  and  resurrect  people  as  many  times  as  he  wants.  It  takes  around  10  minutes  for  the  atoms  to  cool,  give  or  take.  He  doesn't  always  know  the  exact  time  because  this  isn't  always  the  same  but  anything  under  10  minutes  is  almost  always  safe  in  his  experience.  In  fact,  Kai's  freakishly  adapt  at  altering  living  matter,  so  his  abilities  to  deconstruct  and  reconstruct  people  are  practically  perfect.

The  only  real  down  side  to  anything  here  is  the  deconstruction/reconstruction  process  is  horrifically  painful  to  whoever  is  undergoing  it.  Kai  himself  has  even  commented  it  causes  him  pain  to  use  his  quirk  on  himself.  This  being  said,  I  do  headcanon  that  when  Kai  uses  his  quirk  on  himself  its  significantly  less  painful  than  when  he  uses  it  on  someone  else.  Kai  is  unaware  of  this  however,  and  thinks  people  are  just  being  huge  pussies  about  it.

Kai  does  have  a  limit  to  his  quirk  in  terms  of  "mass".  Again,  he  cannot  create  particles,  he  can  only  manipulate  them.  Which  means  Kai  couldn't  turn  a  butterfly  into  an  elephant,  for  example,  but  things  that  are  roughly  the  same  size  he  can  transmute  back  and  forth  as  he  likes.  He  also  couldn't  transform  a  table  into  a  person  so  he  cant  make  non-living  matter  into  living  matter.  He  can  also  transmute  things  that  are  larger  into  things  that  are  smaller  by  scattering/discarding  unnecessary  molecules  or  duplicating  the  larger  subject  into  multiple  smaller  subjects.

For  example,  Kai  could  turn  one  large  elephant  into  two  small  elephants.  This  said,  he  can  work  around  mass  limitation  by  taking/combining  other  matter  together,  so  for  example,  he  could  make  an  elephant  out  of  two  hippopotamus.  This  is  limited  only  by  Kai's  imagination  and  his  anatomical  understanding  of  either  thing.  He  can  ALSO  merge  non-organic  matter  with  organic  matter,  so  even  if  he  cant  make  living  matter  out  of  non  living  matter,  he  can  form  them  together.   

And  yes,  as  far  as  my  portrayal  goes,  Kai  does  have  to  understand  the  inside  and  outside  of  something  to  achieve  the  best  results,  specifically  with  biological/living  matter.  This  doesn't  mean  he  wont  be  able  to  transmute  whatever  object  he  puts  his  hands  on,  but  occasionally,  when  it  comes  to  living  things  specifically,  if  he  doesn't  have  enough  anatomical  understanding  of  the  thing  the  "result"  may  be  slightly  off.

There  was  a  vague  example  of  this  when  Kai  fused  himself  with  Shin.  His  new  form  went  beyond  human  and  into  monstrous  but  this  was  intentional  on  Kai's  behalf.  Which  is  another  aspect  of  Kai's  quirk.  He  can,  indeed,  create  monstrous  forms  and  shapes.  He  does  not  have  to  sick  to  a  pre-existing  template  of  human  or  animal.  So  long  as  he  gets  the  base  right  he  can  just  make  shit  up.  Kai  could  literally  play  god  and  create  his  own  creature  out  of  an  existing  creature  or  even  by  merging  multiple  creatures  or  people  together  OR  with  himself.

If  Kai  can  touch  one  thing  with  one  hand  and  then  touch  another  with  his  other  hand  he  can  merge  them,  transform  them  and  also  absorb  them  at  his  will,  again,  with  the  only  real  limitation  here  being  his  imagination  and  the  fact  he  has  to  have  physical  contact  with  the  thing(s)  in  question  with  his  hand(s)

This  could  be  incredibly  painful  and  a  living  hell  for  a  living  subject  if  Kai  accidentally  (or,  y'know,  purposely)  puts  them  together  wrong  depending  on  WHAT  exactly  he  got  wrong.  Other  times  it  may  only  result  in  superficial/cosmetic  flaws.  It  really  depends.  This  is  something  explored  in  one  of  my  future  verses  with  Kai  as  due  to  disability,  his  quirk  no  longer  functions  as  precisely  as  it  once  did  meaning  the  matter  that  Kai  alters  and  shapes  is  no  longer  ever  “perfect.”

When  it  comes  to  merging  himself  with  other  humans,  this  even  gives  Kai  access  to  their  quirk.  It  is  not  known  if  there's  a  limit  to  how  many  people  Kai  can  absorb  and  thus  how  many  quirks  he  can  use  but  as  far  as  my  HC  goes,  this  is  only  limited  by  the  type  of  quirk  as  some  quirks  may  require  him  to  adapt  certain  different  forms  which  is  also  not  something  entirely  outside  of  his  capabilities.

This  is  similar  to  AFO  being  able  to  steal  quirks.  Kai  can  too.  It  just  often  ends  up  more  grotesque  as  he  has  to  take  the  body,  or  at  least  some  of  it,  as  well  as  the  quirk.

By  the  way,  Kai  did  spend  his  time  practicing  his  quirk  on  non  living  things  before  moving  his  way  to  rats,  lizards,  rabbits  and  other  small  animals  and  gradually  kept  working  his  way  up  to  larger  more  anatomically  complicated  things.  Another  one  of  Kai's  limitations  is  he  can't  use  his  quirk  on  something  he  cant  see  so  his  range  for  how  far  his  quirk  is  effective  to  is  how  far  he  can  see.  So  pretty  much  he  can  affect  whatever  he's  touching  for  around  2.9  miles,  however,  the  more  the  distance  increases  the  less  effective  his  quirk  is.  If  he cant  see ?  Quirk  doesn't  work. 

And  of  course,  the  fact  that  Kai's  quirk  factor  is  in  his  hands.  However,  its  also  been  stated  that  Kai  can  use  his  quirk  with  someone  else's  hands.  This  means  Kai  only  needs  hands  to  use  his  quirk….  They  don't  have  to  be  his  own.  If  they're  attached  to  him,  he  can  use  them  as  far  as  my  HC  goes.  So  yeah.  Have  fun  with  that.

I  don't  headcanon  Kai  can  use  his  quirk  through  any  other  part  of  his  body,  though,  despite  how  horrifically  overpowered  Kai's  quirk  is.  Again,  though,  he's  never  had  a  quirk  awakening  or  anything  like  that  and  I  haven't  decided  what  such  an  event  would  do  for  Kai  given  how  monstrously  god-tier  his  quirk  already  is.  On  top  of  this,  tragically,  Kai  hasn't  explored  his  quirk  to  its  full  potential.

Overhaul  is  not  a  quirk  that  can  be  copied  or  used  outside  of  Kai's  body.  This  is  why  AFO  couldn't  use  it  for  himself  and  someone  like  Monoma  or  Himiko  couldn't  use  Kai's  quirk  either.  As  I've  also  said,  Kai's  knowledge  in  biochemistry,  molecular  biology  and  anatomy  helps  increase  the  effectiveness  in  how  he  uses  his  quirk.  Again,  as  mentioned  in  one  of  Kai's  future  verses  where  he  gets  his  Arms  Back,  Kai's  quirk  doesn't  function  as  "precisely"  as  it  used  to  and  this  actually  heavily  comes  down  to  Kai's  mental  damage  and  not  necessarily  anything  physical.

Another  restriction  of  Kai's,  which  is  probably  his  greatest  restriction  of  all,  is  his  mysophobia.  Kai  doesn't  like  touching  people  or  things  he  considers  dirty/germy.  He  avoids  it  as  much  as  possible.  This,  hilariously,  is  a  huuuuge  hinderance  to  Kai's  quirk  and  how  much  absolutely  INSANE  shit  he  could  do  with  it  as  just  about  all  the  horrifying,  miraculous  stuff  I've  mentioned  above  is  all  stuff  Kai  is  very  hesitant  /  avoidant  toward  because  of  his  disorder,  hence  he  hasn't  explored  his  quirk  as  extensively  as  he  might  if  he  was  unhindered  by  this.  People  and  animals  specifically  are  dirty  to  him  and  avoids  touching  them.  He  even  avoids  touching  a  lot  of  different  surfaces  because  of  his  dislike  of  germs. And  thats  funny  as  hell  all  things  considered.

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𝒫𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔫 ; General HC drop.

💀 Oswald  was  disabled  in  his  late  20s.  He walks  with  a  limp  giving  him  his  characteristic  “penguin  waddle.“  This  was  punishment  for  “snitching”  on  his  then  boss,  Fish  Mooney.  Additionally  he  is  also  blind  in  one  eye  and  wears  a  monocle  over  the  artificial  eye  for  aesthetic  purposes.  Technically  he  requires  a  pair  of  reading  glasses.  Does  NOT  wear  them  as  much  as  he  should.  Oswald  is  also  a  smoker  and  has  been  since  his  late  teens.  He  always  hid  the  fact  from  his  mother  while  she  was  alive.  His  smoking  is  very  pronounced  in  his  later  years,  easily  considered  a  ‘chain  smoker’.  This  has  resulted  in  wheezing,  noted  as  Oswald’s  iconic  Penguin's "quack”.

💀 Oswald’s  most  notable  quirk  is  his  obsession  with  formal  wear.  He  is  known  most  famously  for  his  immaculate  dress  sense  and  rarely  to  never  seen  outside  of  full  and  proper  formal  wear  if  he  can  help  it.  He  does  NOT  skimp  on  the  details.  In  his  later  life  Oswald  has  his  own  clothing  line  known  as  “K!ng  P!n”  of  course  dealing  chiefly  in  formal  wear.  This  is  very  successful.  All  clothing  articles  carry  Oswald’s  embodied  "Umbrella"  logo.

💀 Oswald  has  came  to  possess  a  dozen  pet  penguins.  They  are  gentoo  penguins  and  Oswald  refers  to  them  typically  as  his  babies  and/or  children.  Penguins  are  not  the  only  birds  Oswald  possesses  however  ━  he  also  has  a  pet  vulture  and  an  ostrich.  If  left  to  his  own  devices  Oswald  will  somewhat  compulsively  collect  exotic  birds.  He’s  often  forced  to  surrender  animals  to  various  zoos  around  Gotham.

💀 Oswald  is  exceptionally  intelligent  though  he  doesn’t  posses  any  form  of  Masters  or  PHD.  In  fact,  Oswald  is  a  high  school  drop  out.  Prior  to  becoming  infamous  as  the  Penguin,  Oswald  was  an  "umbrella  boy"  (  a  nice  way  of  saying  "servant  boy”  )  and  ultimately  a  clever  con-man.  Needless  to  say  Oswald  had  been  “affiliated"  with  the  Mafia  since  he  was  in  his  late  teens  and  was  about  22  years  old  when  he  began  officially  working  for  Fish  Mooney.  He  spent  at  least  five  years  as  her  personal  servant  before  eventually  seeing  an  opportunity  to  overthrow  her.

💀 Despite  popular  caricatures  of  him  Oswald  is  not  grotesquely  obese  and  nor  does  he  have  fused  fingers.  He  is  also  not  quite  as  short  as  people  make  him  out  to  be.  the  Penguin  of  "rumor"  and  the  Penguin  of  reality  are  quite  different.  In  his  later  years  Oswald  dons  a  receding  hairline,  and  his  hair  in  general  is  not  in  fantastic  quality,  possibly  due  to  a  lifetime  of  constant  bleaching,  cutting  and  styling.  He  often  wears  a  top  hat  to  conceal  this  fact.  💀 In  his  later  years  Oswald  is  quite  "pudgy”  and  frequently  goes  on  “diets"  which  usually  entail  simply  starving  himself  on  and  off.  He  doesn’t  seem  to  understand  his  "diets"  are  as  unhealthy  as  his  eating  habits  as  he  lacks  the  proper  restraint  for  a  "real"  diet. Yes, he has an eating disorder and his weight yo-yos constantly.

💀 Oswald  occasionally  online  dates.  He’s  never  had  any  truly  serious  relationships  particularly  due  to  low  self-confidence  /  fear  of  revealing  himself.  He  is  usually  crushingly  lonely.  One  of  Oswald’s  greatest  goals  in  life  is  to  experience  real,  mutual  love.  Despite  his  criminal  lifestyle  and  nasty  reputation  Oswald  has  a  profound  capacity  for  love  and  compassion.  He  is  as  touch  adverse  as  he  is  touch  starved  which  make  for  an  interesting  combination.  He  pines  for  love  and  affection  but  frequently  shuns  it  and  hides  from  it  simultaneously.

💀 Oswald  grew  up  the  son  of  a  poor  Austrian  immigrant.  He  was  entirely  estranged  from  his  multi-million  air  father,  only  ever  learning  of  his  existence  after  his  mother’s  death  when  Oswald  was  31  years  old.  Oswald  was  bullied  harshly  for  his  odd  appearance  and  mannerisms.  His  mother  was  very  overbearing  and  their  relationship  was  quite  toxic.  It  would  easily  be  defined  as  "covert  incest”  which  has  had  a  lasting  negative  impact  on  Oswald  and  his  relationships  throughout  his  life.

💀 Further,  Oswald  grew  up  watching  old  fashioned  gangster  movies,  where  frequently  mafia  men  were  depicted  as  heroes.  Eventually,  Oswald  came  to  idolize  Carmine  Falcone,  seeing  him  as  the  real  life  version  of  his  movie  heroes  and  ultimately  the  great  man  his  mother  told  him  he  would  be.  Needless  to  say,  Oswald’s  view  of  gangsters  and  criminality  were  warped  from  a  young  age  and  this  was  only  ever  emphasized  by  the  hash,  backward  reality  of  Gotham’s  streets  and  the  heavily  corrupted  police  force.

💀 Oswald  suffers  most  strongly  with  STPD  (  Schizotypal  personality  disorder  )  which  accounts  for  his  social  anxiety  and  all  other  peculiar  traits  and  mannerisms.  He  has  been  described  as  having  narcissistic  tendencies  as  well  as  an  unhealthy,  emotionally  incestuous  relationship  with  his  deceased  mother  as  previously  mentioned.  As  a  result  Oswald  suffers  sexual  aversion  and  considers  himself  “asexual”  in  coping  with  his  trauma  /  abuse,  though  he  is  exclusively  attracted  to  men.  He  further suffers  from  Body  dysmorphia  and  exhibits  an  odd  obsessions  with  birds  and  umbrellas.

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@akuyakv 💚'd for a starter from 𝒪𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓊𝓁 ( for Ibuki. )

❝ Hey. I knew I recognized you. Its been a while, huh ? ❞

He  can't  remember  the  last  time  he'd  seen  them.  In  fact,  he  completely  lost  track  of  them,  probably  back  during  school,  if  he  was  honest.  A  lot  was  going  on  back  then,  maybe  for  more  than  one  of  them.  The  truth  is,  though,  a  lot  was  going  on  right  now...  And  if  his  drug  worked  out,  a  lot  more  was  on  the  horizon.  Having  bumped  into  them  again,  it  felt  wrong  not  to  at  least  say  hi. 

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@vsagis 💚'd for a starter from 𝒪𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓊𝓁.

❝ Look, kid, if you wanna join my organization you gotta be useful, and you look like you're barely out of school. Whats a kid like you gonna do for a guy like me ? Where're your parents at ? ❞

Not  that  it  was  unusual  for  young  boys  to  drop  out  of  school  and  try  to  join  gangs.  Nah,  as  awkward  an  interaction  as  this  was,  it  wasn't  weird  at  all,  not  in  his  world.  In  fact,  a lot of  Yakuza  started  out  as  kids  who  lost  their  parents  some way or another and  didn't  have  any  other  prospects  in  life.  It  wasn't  different  for  him;  he  was  just  a  hell  of  a  lot  younger  when  Pops  found  him.  Still, he wasn't exactly handing out flyers for new members.

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@arkvoodlee : “ what  the  hell  does  that  mean ? ”

He's  not  one  of  Eggman's  creations;  despite  his  suspicious  appearance,  he's  not  one  of  Black  Doom's  soldiers,  either.  But  what  was  he  doing  here ?  Well,  he  didn't  have  time  for  that  just  now.  As  one  of  Eggman's  fortresses,  this  place  was  heavily  equipped  with  defense  mechanisms,  and  it  appeared  as  if  they'd  triggered  them.  In  fact,  it's  becoming  evident  that  this  entire  room  is  a  trap.  That  is  why  everything  around  them  had  begun  to  shift,  mechanical  locks  sounding  as  their  exits  swiftly  vanished  behind  the  clanging  of  loud  metal  doors  swinging  into  place  to  seal  them  shut.

It'd  be  the  end  of  the  road  for  anyone  else.  But  Shadow  had  chaos  control  on  his  side.  He  eyed  his  unexpected  company  one  final  time,  his  nose  twitching  with  annoyance  as  he  settled  on  the  thought  that  he  couldn't  just  leave  him  here  to  face  the  Doctor ━  no  sooner  does  the  thought  enter  his  head,  however,  does  another  mechanical  sound  fill  the  air,  followed  by  the  rushing  of  water  which  begins  to  spill  into  their  newly  locked  chamber.  His  ears  fell  back  slightly,  brows  furrowing  as  his  quills  bristled  with  realization...  A  trap  was  right.  A  trap  likely  meant  for  Sonic.  He  turns  himself  to  the  other  creature, a greater sense of urgency between the two.

❝ It  means,  unless  you're  able  to  harness  the  power  of  chaos  control,  you'd  better  hand  me  that  Emerald  so  I  can  get  us  out  of  here. ❞

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He'd  allow  her  to  lead  him  anywhere,  so  long  as  they  were  together,  it  wouldn't  matter  to  him  where  they  went.  He  watches  as  the  other  scientists  and  residents  of  the  A.R.K  go  by,  as  their  heads  turn  to  look,  and  their  hands  rise  to  greet  Maria.  A  small  smile  formed  on  his  face  as  Maria  approved  his  idea  to  give  the  Professor  a  bracelet  ━  he  thought  it  would  be  nice  if  they  all  matched  ━  to  show  the  power  of  their  friendship,  right ?  It  was  a  nice  thought  to  him,  anyhow.

That  smile  of  his  only  grows  as  she  continues  to  speak.  Personhood  felt  like  it  should  apply  to  anyone  capable  of  thinking  and  feeling  ━  and  many  kinds  of  beings  besides  humans  were  capable  of  such  a  thing.  He  stopped,  lips  pursing  together  in  pleasant  surprise  when  she  poked  him.  One  of  her  favorites ?

There  it  was  again,  that  surge  of  energy  deep  within  his  chest  ━  just  like  when  she  gave  him  the  bracelet  he  now  wore  on  his  wrist.  He  followed  her  quickly,  no  thought  needed. ❝ I  know  you  will  always  be  my  favorite,  Maria,  even  if  I  do  meet  another  hedgehog  some day. ❞ he  reasoned.  After  all,  he's  sure  another  hedgehog  wouldn't  be  quite  like  him  in  the  first  place.  He  was  the  ultimate  life  form !  A  unique  specimen  in  a  class  all  of  its  own.  That's  what  the  Professor  told  him,  and  he  had  an  inkling  it  was  true,  even  if  he  wasn't  always  sure  it  was  a  good  thing.

He  glanced  to  the  large  window,  surrounded  entirely  by  space,  his  reflection  nestled  among  the  twinkling  stars;  sometimes,  when  the  scientists  looked  at  him,  they  didn't  seem  to  feel  happy...  It  was  something  else...  Sadness ?  No...  Not  sad...  Not  angry,  either.  He  decided  not  to  think  about  it  any  longer  and  quickly  found  himself  by  Maria's  side,  eager  to  find  out  how  to  make  one  of  these  bracelets  for  the  Professor.

     She's been down this route enough she could walk it in her sleep so her attention is given to Shadow rather than the hall ahead, though offering a quick wave to anyone they pass. Shadow's suggestion warms her heart even further. A bracelet for Grandfather? ❝That's a lovely idea! I'm sure he'd appreciate one!❞ She's glad to see that Shadow had someone in mind so quickly. Friends are important and as much as she adores their time together Maria wants him to be able to connect to others.      Grandfather is a good start. Maybe from there it will grow. She knows some of the researchers have really warmed up to him so that might help too. Deep in her heart there's a wish to see Shadow and Abe be as happy together as she is with them. And she'll hold out hope for that.      But right now, everyone starts small.      And it's a small question that makes her falter, for the deeper feelings it holds.      Oh, Shadow...      They don't stop, she keeps along the route to her room, just to be sure no-one will try and spirit him away just yet. But she does offer a gentle squeeze of clasped hands before adjusting her grip as she turn to face him, almost walking backwards. And trying not to let her sadness at his question show. It hurts that he would ever wonder otherwise.

     ❝You are as just as much a person as everyone else here, Shadow. Don't believe anyone who says otherwise.❞ she insists, tone firm, but it softens a bit when she continues. ❝There are all kinds of people, not just humans.❞ It must be hard though; being the only mobian aboard. And all those tests. She's argued before with people who treat him just like the other experiments. And she'll keep at it as long as they do.      Footsteps finally halt for just a moment so she can lean down and gently poke his fluffy chest. ❝And you're one of my favorites.❞ Then she resumes pace, rounding the corner to a familiar doorway. ❝I'm sure on Earth you'll meet more people like you. Maybe you'll even make friends with another hedgehog!❞      When her door slides open she lets go of Shadow beside her bed and heads over to a shelf of craft supplies she's added to with each ARK supply shipment, bring a case of beads and twine over to the bed.

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Given  his  position  on  the  hero  charts,  it  was  hard  not  to  recognize  Hawks.  Even  Overhaul,  a  man  who  cared  very  little  about  such  things,  knew  who  he  was  ━  more  or  less,  anyhow.  He  couldn't  help  but  imagine  a  thing  like  Keigo  would  look  pretty  merged  to  the  wall  of  his  office,  his  wings  sprawled  out  wide  across  the  surface.  What  a  breathtaking  centerpiece.  That's  the  fate  the  hero  might  find  befalling  him  for  snooping  around  in  the  Hassaikai  compound  ━

However,  with  that  thought,  Kai  noticed  something  was  slightly  different  about  him  as  he  sheepishly  emerged  from  his  hiding  place.  Those  enormous  red  wings  that  made  him  so  distinctive  seemed  to  have  drastically  shrunk  in  size.  It's  now  that  Kai  realizes  he  doesn't  know  much  about  Hawks  or  his  quirk.  Could  he  dissemble  himself  as  he  could ?  And  wasn't  it  a  shame  to  see  him  without  them...  Like  a  great  stag  without  its  antlers.  It  ruined  his  twisted  illusion  of  pinning  the  winged  hero  to  his  wall,  anyhow.  It  was  a  pretty  cheeky  response  for  a  guy  who  just  got  caught  in  the  precarious  position  he  was  in,  too.  He  decides  to  return  the  silly  question  with  one  of  his  own.

❝  Hah.  Where're  your  wings  at,  birdy ?  You  take  'em  off ?  ❞

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That  surely  makes  his  brow  raise.  What  did  Tomura  think  he  wanted ?  He  doesn't  have  to  ponder  long  before  he  begins  to  realize  what  the  other  man  is  getting  at  here.  He  had  an  idea  of  how  the  league  worked;  without  intending  to  offend,  they  were  little  more  than  delinquents,  but  they  seemed  to  respect  each  other.  Tomura  in  particular.  He  guessed  he  had  spunk,  in  his  weird  kinda  way,  so  it  wasn't  too  much  of  a  wonder  why.  They  were  a  kind  of...  Organized  chaos  and  it  was  true  he  had  very  little  experience  with  such  a  thing.

Organized  crime ?  Sure,  he'd  watched  Pops  run  the  Hassaikai  his  whole  life  against  all  odds,  but  chaos ?  That  was  usually  against  his  sensibilities,  the  man  of  order  and  routine  that  he  was.  Still...  While  Shigaraki  may  have  been  a  bit  of  a  brat,  he  sure  wasn't  dumb,  and  he  sure  wasn't  useless.  Kai  was  pretty  confident  this  partnership  would  work,  especially  after  hearing  Tomura's  goals.

❝ Sounds  like  all  the  more  reason  for  the  two  of  us  to  join  forces  to  me.  I've  got  the  design;  you've  got  the  spirit,  and  I'm  all  for  destroying  the  natural  order  of  things. ❞  He  chuckled  a  little  at  the  thought.  They  weren't  different  at  all,  not  in  his  eyes.  He  might've  presented  himself  as  a  simple  businessman,  but  he  was  a  businessman  the way a shark was a fish.

❝ Didja  know,  some  scientists  think  quirks  as  we  know  them  originated  from  a  germ  carried  by  rats ?  I  read  a  book  on  the  theory  when  I  was  a  kid.  Pretty  compelling  stuff.....  Believe  it  or  not,  the  truth  is  this  world  is  sick,  and  heroes  are  the  number  one  cause  of  all  that  ails  it.  That's  what  my  bullets  are  for.  The  first  step  in  destroying  this  rotten  society  is  curing  it  of  its  hero  syndrome.  You  get  it,  right ?  Our  end  goal  is  the  same  thing and together we have more than just a shot of reaching it. ❞

That was something he was right about. Yakuza, villains, heroes. They were all pieces of crap, it was just that the heroes liked to pretend otherwise. Tomura nods in agreement to the statement. However, next part gives him pause.

"It's true that we have the same enemies, but we certainly don't want the same things." he states then, but not particularly annoyed by the assumption, rather simply about to impart some knowledge the other is lacking. He leans forwards, arm resting on his leg and a hand gesturing vaguely towards him, "You, Overhaul, look like the kinda guy who has it all thought out, a big shiny plan to reach your goal after all the pieces fall into place. That is what differentiates us. See, me and my comrades? We don't have none of that. We just want to destroy, this society, the heroes, everything. Whatever happens afterwards is of no interest to us. We are rotten weeds alright. You say you wanna work as a team, I can get behind that, but the question is, now that you know our deal: can you?"

Whatever Overhaul wanted to build was irrelevant to them, they just wanted to crumble the path all the way there. So, could Overhaul walk over that path, and to whatever his endgame was?

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The  last  few  days  had  been  blurry,  with  bouts  of  mind-numbing  agony.  He'd  been  shot  before,  of  course,  but  those  wounds  had  always  been  superficial.  This  one  would  have  surely  taken  his  life  if  left  unattended,  so  it  was  fortunate  for  him  that  Ed's  kindness  came  with  sedatives,  painkillers  and,  of  course,  spicy  mustard.

Carefully,  he  rises  from  his  place  in  bed  to  greet  the  other  man.  This...  Situation  hadn't  always  been  as  amicable,  but  Oswald  considered  himself  as  adaptable  as  the  waterfowl  they  named  him  after,  so  he'd  come  around  to  Ed  and  his  unfathomable  kindness  as  of  the  last  few  days. His arrival this evening is greeted with a pleased chirp. ❝  Am  I  ever !  ❞  Maybe  being  injured  came  with  an  appetite,  or  perhaps  he'd  just  been  eating  his  feelings  or  his  boredom;  either  way,  he  wouldn't  be  one  to  turn  down  a  good  meal,  and  it  did  look  like  Ed  would  need  help  getting  through  it  all....  There  was  a  pause  as  he  sat,  his  hands  clasping  together  in  his  lap  as  he  gave  a  coy  glance  to  the  ceiling,  figuring  while  they  were  on  the  topic  of  food,  now  was  as  good  a  time  as  any  to  make  a  confession. 

❝ Speaking  of  food,  I,  um.  I  may  owe  you  a  jar  of  spicy  mustard. ❞  Along  with  his  life  and  everything  else,  of  course.

The idea of housing a known criminal made Ed feel a rather thrilling rush. His life of crime had just begun, and the chance to learn from some has notorious as Oswald Cobblepot was an opportunity that Edward knew he'd never get again. Of course, their first interactions hadn't gone smoothly, but after a lot of conversations and the odd sharp object against Ed's throat, they seemed to be on the same page.

After all the excitement of their weekend together, Ed was in no mood to cook. No matter, he was more than happy to order them take out. With two bags in hand, he slid back into his apartment, not wanting to open the door too wide out of worry that someone would see his temporary flatmate.

"Ready for some food?" He asked Oswald as he placed their mini feast on the table to tear his coat off quickly. "I'm starving, so I may have gone a little overboard."

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Much  like  his  father,  death had  decided  it  didn't  want  him.  That  was just  one  of  the  many  painful  lessons  he  had  learned  when  he  was  young.  Unlike  his  father,  however,  it  seemed  death hadn't  changed  its  mind,  so  while  his  survival  may  have  surprised  everyone  around  him,  it  hadn't  shocked  him  very  much.

He'd  inherited  more  from  Enji  Todoroki  than  just  his  flames.  His  dogged  persistence  burned  within  him,  too,  and just  like  his  father,  Toya  could  say  achieving  all  of  his  goals  wasn't  everything  it  was  cracked  up  to  be.  But  did  he  really  achieve  his  goals?  Sure,  he  wasn't  being  pushed  away  by  anyone  anymore,  but  their  family  would  always  be  broken.  Natsuo  wanted  nothing  to  do  with  their  father,  and  so, Toya  barely  spoke  to  his  brother  in  the  last  eight  years.  It  seemed  like  something,  or  someone  was  always  destined  to  be  missing.

And  what  about  the  League  of  Villains ?  Toga  and  Shigaraki ?  It  still  felt  surreal  to  him  to  think  that  they  were  gone.  If  you  were  to  ask  him,  they  had  the  most  of  everyone  to  live  for.  It  made  his  entire  situation  more  bitter  still;  the  knowing  that  they  had  died  while  he  lived. . .  Shoto  was  a  silver  lining  in  the  clouds.  The  sweet  amongst  all  the  bitter.  It  was  nice  to  have  a  relationship  with  at  least  one  of  his  brothers,  to  feel  like  he  could  be  forgiven  and  maybe  understood  on  some  level.

❝  Nice n' punctual, a good quaa-lity for a hero. ❞ he rasped, with the best shit-eating grin he could muster as he made his way to sit at their reserved booth. Though he'd never want it to show, even moving around short distances made him tired now.

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Today  was  finally  the  day  for  a  date  eight  years in  the  making.  Years  ago,  Shoto  had  told  him  they'd  eat  soba  together;  guess  some  of  him  really  liked  that  idea.  So  much  so  that  he'd  thought  about  it  every  day  now  since  then.  No  one  thought  he'd  make  it  this  far  ━  well,  except  for  maybe  Shoto,  and  if  he  didn't,  he'd  never  really  shown  it.  He  always  came  to  visit  when  he  could.So  did  Dad.

Even  though  he'd  spent  much  of  his  time  unable  to  move  around  properly  or  do  anything  but  sit,  he  enjoyed  their  company.  When  he  was  a  kid,  he'd  watch  them  train  togetherand  wish  that  one  day  he'd  be  allowed  to  join  in…  Maybe  somehow,  he  started  to  feel  like  he  was  finally  included,  even  if  it  was  nowhere  near  the  same  thing.

People  should've  known  better  than  to  count  him  out.  This  wasn't  the  first  time  he'd  cheated  deathand  lived  way  longer  than  any  doctor  had  told  him  he  would  or  could.  And  you  know  what?  He  was  feeling  pretty  good,  especially  today.  The  restaurant  was  pretty  small  and  out  of  the  way,  but  Fuyumi  had  recommended  it.  He  arrived  on  time  and  was  a  little  surprised  to  find  Shoto  already  waiting  for  him. "H-ey,  Shoto.  Sorry  if  I  kept  ya'  waitin'.  I'll  haveta  work  on  gettin'  qu-icker."

A promise they had made, eight years ago. Shoto never brought it up, never spoke of it ever again, nor asked his brother if he meant to keep it, to keep on living until this day, for he had absolute faith in him, never having doubted this day was bound to come. Shoto believed in Toya— someone had once believed in him as well, when it seemed as if he was lost in darkness with no chance to get out. He knew Toya could get out of his own darkness. There wasn’t anything impossible. They had taught him, his friends, his oldest brother, standing before him, having defied death once more.

He rarely lost his appetite, yet since he had woken up this morning, he had an uneasiness in his stomach he couldn’t get rid of. The same uneasiness he used to have whenever he’d get a chance to get near his siblings, the same yearning, from when he was still forbidden of being part of their lives. Patiently he had waited for many years, yet those few minutes felt much longer until he’d watched him cross that door. As if he were five years old again, his face would light up, even if subtly, like when he'd watch his siblings play, hoping for a single moment to join them. Except this time, Toya was meant to join him. 

❝ Toya. ❞ He stood up by instinct, to tend to him in case he needed any help, but wouldn't move unless it was asked of him. ❝ It's alright. I arrived a bit earlier. ❞ He had so much he wished to say, for someone who didn’t speak much. About the hero he had become. The person. Recently he reached number two in the hero ranks. Like their father once was. He wanted to know what Toya thought of it. Of him. What his emotions had shaped to be, after years of resentment and years of recovery. His brother was kind not to speak of his REAL emotions anymore, despite carrying honesty in all his actions— in how hard he tried, in choosing to live. How much of the burning resentment that once fueled his fire was still inside of him? Maybe, there would always be a part of Toya that couldn’t forgive him. Shoto didn’t know himself if he had forgiven his father for everything he had done, and mostly, if he had forgiven his own self. He had accepted it, what couldn’t be changed, accepted to be the one to carry the weight of all their sins. If it meant his family could move on, if Toya could have soba with him. 

The reason he was born into this family . . . Maybe it was for this day.

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Maybe  he  was  a  little  drunk,  sure.  He  glanced  at  his  nearly  empty  glass,  unsure  of  how  many  he'd  already  had  exactly  before  he  returned  his  pout  to  her.  He  knew  what  he  was  trying  to  say  but  wasn't  sure  how  to  put  it  delicately.  He  had  the  idea  he  had  to  try  because  he  didn't  necessarily  want  to  hurt  her  feelings.  Not  that  it  was  his  job  to  tell  her  anything.  Or  to  feel  any  kind  of  concern  for  anything  going  on  with  her.  Surely,  it  was  the  alcohol.  It  made  him  think  of  stuff  that  he  was  usually  too  angry  to  think  about.

Not  that  he  didn't  think  about  his  family  all  the  time.  He  was  a  pretty  lousy  older  brother.  Always  needing  help...  Helping  was  supposed  to  be  his  job,  wasn't  it ?  But  the  things  that  helped  him  didn't  seem  to  help  his  siblings...  They  didn't  like  talking  about  stuff  like  he  did;  he  guessed  it  made  sense  when  all  he  did  was  complain,  right ?  There  was  just  always  something  wrong  with  him,  no  matter  what  he  did.  It  was  the  same  for  most  of  the  guys  here  in  the  league.  He  wasn't  here  to  be  friends  with  anyone,  but  if  he  was  gonna  be  friends  with  someone,  these  were  probably  the  only  people  in  the  world  that'd  suit  him.

He  scoffs  a  little.  She  has  a  pretty  good  answer.  ❝ Yeah,  yeah.  I  got  no  intention  of  strayin'  from  our  cause.  Makin'  those  heroes  pays  all  I  live  for.  But  I  was  just  sayin'  ....  You  seem  to  like  a  couple  of  'em...  But  don't  get  your  hopes  up  about  'em....  We  think real  differently  about  stuff.  Its  what  makes  us  villains  and  them  heroes. ❞  

@umbrannis

"god wouldn't want to help a demon survive, and that's what we are." - Dabi to Himiko

Woman, eating.

"Dabi, are you drunk? You say the weirdest things!"

Himiko giggles into her hands, softly rocking her body back and forth on her foot. Was he drunk, or was this what some people would call imparting wisdom? She didn't know how old Dabi was, but he sure spoke like an old man sometimes.

"Who cares about that?" She claps her hands before her and gives him an amused smirk, leaning a bit closer as if to share a secret, "Tomura-kun is everything we need. He will take us wherever we need to go, and maybe not all of us will make it, but we knew that from the beginning, didn't we? But we all still made this choice! So, what gives? Demons or not, we're all comrades! You just have to trust the boss and do your part, and of us will do our own as well!"