(snow-in-summer) âYouâre welcome, by the way.â
somethingâs wrong.
why.
THE QUESTION CIRCLES AROUND IN HIS HEAD as his world keeps spinning. waking up someplace new ... was pretty alarming. an unknown place --- lightheaded cognition --- DAZED for a few minutes before the world starts piecing itself back together. he even finds the strength to look around the room. huh. itâs a small ... nice place. definitely wasnât where he was before. could someone have ... brought him here? it seems LAUGHABLE, in a sense. whoâd help him? some nobody? someone who looks the way he does? really ... he doesnât know whether or not to be pissed that his outward appearance doesnât drive someone away.
but where was he ... before here? he remembers going on his nightly strolls. he had already been feeling bad at that point. stomach churning, getting hard to make out left from right. he hadnât expected a FAINTING SPELL right then and there. he can usually fight it, delay it until he somewhere alone. but something sparked it. something ...
familiar ...
the voice. it makes his eyes trail to the other body in the room. he must have been blanking out after finally coming to. but who ... ?? was this ... the person who found him?
he locks eyes with the other, then. and like deja vu ... something about this situation feels like ALL THOSE YEARS AGO ... where two brothers only had each other, the younger always finding himself left with what remained of the older by the end of the day. the older brother, so weak, always trying to comfort his little brother. the older brother, so softly, calling out for his brother ---
â natsuo ... â
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quick things to note regarding dabi:
- seeing how his face is burnt and his hair was dyed black, there is no guessing why no one (especially family members) hasnât recognized him. seeing how his death was also faked as a preteen/early teenager, itâs clear heâs an entirely different person. no one will ever be able to identify him if he doesnât want them to.
- dabi is underweight. maybe even severely so. burn victims encounter hypermetabolism, meaning their body eats away at nutrition and fat way faster. and seeing how heâs been out on the streets and hasnât been able to keep up with meals almost his entire life, he isnât getting the proper nutrients to keep up with his metabolism.
- as a result: he can get sick easier. itâs not uncommon for him to get a fever or experience other symptoms of sickness. he usually likes to keep his distance when that happens.
- that, and when it comes to battle, itâs important he keeps his distance with his fire. he would not win in hand-to-hand combat with a pro. only when he knows heâs at the advantage he gets close.
- dabi is distant pretty often. he doesnât let people get too close, even people in the league. itâs why he carries this uninterested demeanor. itâs also why he likes scouting alone. no one in the league knows who he is, his background, or his true intentions with bringing down endeavor and exposing the safety commission/hero association.
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âYeesh, you look like shit.â
somethingâs wrong.
---------Â âthanksâ IS THE FIRST GUTTURAL REACTION HE HAS. itâs hushed by his almost prideful march into their hideout, even if itâs accompanied by a limp. he has a few scrapes here and there, but there are no major injuries. well. maybe except for his SHOULDER. gash running along it, dried and fresh blood trailing down his arm.
he doesnât really feel it. feel any of his injuries. thereâs a more BITTER reaction, knowing he had been bested. he strides over to somewhere he can sit himself. hand comes to his shoulder, then, finally noticing the wound. he thought it would have stopped bleeding by now. just ... great.
â just ... get me some first aid, will ya? â not really a âpretty pleaseâ, but, in his own way, he IS asking nicely. pride or none, dabi would be needing some help.
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âSomething's Wrongâ Sentence Starters
Somethingâs Wrong With My Muse
âOh, God, youâre bleeding. Youâre bleeding a lot.â
âStop squirming, Iâm trying to help.â
âHang on, I got you.â
âJust lean on me, Iâll help you walk.â
âWe should get that looked at.â
âDonât tilt your head back, youâll make your nosebleed worse!â
âJust sit up and breathe, ok?â
âEh, youâll be fine. I think. Maybe.â
âWhatever you do, donât go to sleep. Stay awake.â
âOooooo. That looks painful.â
âOh, thank God! Donât scare me like that!â
âHow the hell did you do this to yourself?â
âHey, hey, stay with me, ok?â
âYou stopped breathing.â
âOh look, itâs alive.â
âTake deep breaths, youâll be fine.â
âArms shouldnât move like that��â
âWhat happened to your leg?!â
âYep, thatâs broken alright. Howâd you manage that?â
âHereâs some ice for that.â
âYouâre welcome, by the way.â
âYeesh, you look like shit.â
âWait, you were mugged?!â
âIs that a stab/gunshot wound?â
âOk, ew. Iâm not cleaning that up.â
âEasy, easy! Just lay down, you hit your head.â
âYou probably have a concussion, so I wouldnât be moving around too much if I were you.â
âI thought you were dead!â
âOn a scale of 1 to 10, how much does it hurt?â
âCan you walk on your own?â
âYouâre getting blood on my clothes!â
âHow many fingers am I holding up?â
Somethingâs Wrong With Your Muse
âIs that three fingers youâre holding up?â
âIâm so sorry for getting blood on your clothes!â
âIâm not sure I can walk on my own.â
âOn a scale of 1 to 10, my painâs at least an 8.â
âYou thought I was dead?â
âDo you think I have a concussion?â
âI hit my head; now I donât feel so good.â
âIâm so sorry. Do you mind cleaning up?â
âI think Iâve been stabbed/shot.â
âI just got mugged!â
âDo I look as bad as I feel?â
âCould I maybe get an ice pack for this?â
âThank you, by the way.â
âI think my leg is broken.â
âI canât feel my arm.â
âIâm going to need more than deep breathing to calm me down.â
âIâm not dead yet!â
âOh, God, Iâm bleeding. Iâm bleeding a lot.â
âAre you really trying to help?â
âPlease help me.â
âCan I lean on you? I donât think I can walk.â
âI think I need to get this looked at.â
âI canât get my nose to stop bleeding!â
âI canât seem to catch my breath.â
âIâll be fine. I think. Maybe.â
âPlease help me stay awake.â
âThis hurts just as much as it looks like it does.â
âSorry - did I scare you?â
âI donât know how I managed to do this to myself.â
âI donât know if I can stay awake.â
âI stopped breathing?â
Note: Revamp of an older sentence starter post found here.
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i wanna talk about dabiâs life after the âincidentâ.
he fakes his death and successfully runs away. but what happens after that? dabiâs a tween, if not JUST entering his teenage years when he runs away. heâs young, heâs scared, and itâs logical that he tries to seek refuge somewhere. so letâs say he does. letâs say someone does take him in, seeing how heâs critically injured from burning himself. he starts treatment without anyone telling who he is. everyone seems nice to him until the one question occurs:
âwhat happened to you?â
heâs gotten this far without needing to say anything. really, heâs not sure what to say. going through something so traumatic built with years of trauma on top of that makes it hard to explain. not to mention heâs been taught to âkeep quietâ and âlook awayâ from his siblings and his mother.
so when he says that the pro hero, endeavor, did this to him, it took a lot of courage and a lot of trust.
and he was laughed at for it.
perhaps not âlaughed atâ literally, but it might as well have been. they disregarded what he said, clearly doubtful that endeavor could do something to such a young kid. a hero couldnât do this to a child, right?
this plays into a lot of things. firstly, his second escape. secondly, adding into his hatred for heroes and their system. thirdly, his reluctance to tell anyone who he was. it was also from then on that he thought he couldnât do anything about what happened to him. that he was forced to stay quiet about it forever because who would even believe him? endeavor was a hero. one people loved and adored and praised. for some kid to tell them what they thought about their hero was wrong ... clearly, it couldnât be done.
so years after, he retreated into a life of crime. he would be in groups here and there, contributed to crimes, and left burnt corpses in his wake. he went by many aliases and completely detached himself from his life before. he never really had a purpose but to survive. there would be times he wished that he could get back at endeavor and heroes in general, but he never thought it was possible.
until stain.
stain had done it. stainâs philosophy was nearly identical to the one he had developed. stain showed him that it WAS possible to show people who heroes truly were. it was possible to expose endeavor.
joining the league, helping them, contributing to their cause, everything heâs done and will do. heâs found his purpose. and heâll do anything to accomplish it.
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