video; un: dabi

[burnitblack]

[it's black. a single inverted conical light hangs overhead, casting a yellowing glow down onto the wooden table below. maybe a few stains of liquid here and there on the surface, maybe that's wood pattern, who knows. a man's sitting in the darkness at the table, gnarled purple burn scars attached to the healthy flesh of his hands via surgical staples just around the base of his palm and past his wrists. the same burns travel all the way up his arms and vanish beneath metallic cuffs above his elbows, clasped to his dark coat. similar burn scars cover his entire throat and the lower half of his face, as well as his lower eyelids, all stapled to his flesh the same way, which gives him a skeletal rictus grin of sorts. it even spreads down to his upper chest, before his white shirt hides it from view.

dabi really doesn't make a lot of posts or responses on the network, but sometimes, hey, you gotta reach out and ask a question or two. he leans forward, spiky black hair brushing just under the light above, probably giving indication he's in some booth somewhere, but no other clues beyond that.]

Ain't much for this kinda thing, but anyone out there got a computer? Somethin from a "modern" time that'd take a USB cable. Maybe with some good media editing software. These Omni things can download and store media from the network, but hell if I can find a port on this rock.

[the image shifts a few times as he gives the omni a few turns around, as if doing one last double check for proof. then settles it again. dabi sets a small button camera used for covert recording operations down on the table.]

Or if ya know how to jack somethin from home into the Omni, lemme know. I got a few things I wanna upload to the network.

[the camera itself isn't capable of connecting to any kind of network, so transfers of the media recorded has to be manual.]

Might be fun to watch 'em later.

Comments

[comecatchthesehands]

lol You're kidding me right?

[This poor lad. Poor, poor lad who definitely had no time to learn about dumb shit on the internet but is still gonna get pummeled by it.

no you're stupid howdareheassumethetruth]

[burnitblack]

i'm assumin you are.

[he used the internet for other things when he had access to it.

baka boss.] Text

[comecatchthesehands]

I can't believe I have to be the one to tell you that porn exists in video format and that's why people usually use hidden cameras. It was a good joke. Ruined. Wasted.

[Spinner would've laughed his ass off.]

I take that back, there's probably a few people here who would pay for it.

[bleedformeplz]

+1
needs a stripper name first.

Text; UN: Player One

[comecatchthesehands]

[This has now turned into the present LoV shittalking Dabi.]

Hex Cinders. He can pay me royalties.

[bleedformeplz]

[With hearts and cat ears.]

really? was goin for FlameBlower. gets the job done.

[comecatchthesehands]

Too obvious, he needs something subtle. You know he's shy.

[bleedformeplz]

ya but how else is he supposed to get out of the shy zone? make it obvious.

[comecatchthesehands]

You don't think he's starting to come out of his shell if he's releasing the videos? Big step.

[Shigaraki is entertaining this because he knows Dabi can see this.]

[burnitblack]

fuck you both

[bleedformeplz]

♥️

[burnitblack]

i know porn exists, idiot. ya didn't say porn.

[he's not that naive.]

those are usually in shower heads and behind mirrors.

[the lizard's not here. sucks to be you.

...

*click*]

oy. they'd pay more for me than you.

[comecatchthesehands]

I did say porn but it takes a nuanced mind to follow the joke. I wasted actual creativity on your amateur hub request.

[Yes they usually are in those places. Though he's not gonna touch that one, that's at least a step in the right direction to keep having some fun with the situation.

No he isn't. Laugh at his jokes, Dabi. It'll only kill you in the slightest.]

The difference is that I don't have a budding e-girl kitty career I'm trying to launch.

[burnitblack]

so now ya back to stupidity. sorry i wasted ya creative shot for the month.

[he'd laugh if he found them funny. maybe.]

is that another porn joke?

[*whoosh*

strike two.]

[comecatchthesehands]

I'll forgive you this time because you said you were sorry and I know you mean it, too.

[Maybe is as good as Shigaraki's jokes get with anyone. That'd be a miracle.]

It's me wasting my time, you're right. What's your little AV stunt if you're not trying to be the next GTA controversy?

[burnitblack]

nah, i'll save the one-time forgive for somethin actually worth it.

[it's such a strain for your little black heart. best not blow it on a sarcastic apology. he's planning for the future.]

maybe releasin some 'naughty boss' videos.

[comecatchthesehands]

The last thing you'll ever ask for is my forgiveness, anyway. The last thing you'd ever get is my forgiveness, either.

[Only because he wouldn't degrade Dabi to that kind of level. Despite their jabs, Dabi is still someone he has a tiny bit of respect for, however respect manifests for Shigaraki.]

Back to the casting couch jokes. Good, at least you have a sense of humour stapled somewhere in there. I'm a good boy, so I know you're lying.

[burnitblack]

ya ain't gonna be around when i ask and get my lasts.

[simple as that. (doesn't know how true that's gonna be.) not even sure what he'd ask forgiveness for from shigaraki anyways. but he's pretty sure he'd get some kind of parting shot before they split up.]

you, a good boy. might've actually made a joke there.

[comecatchthesehands]

We'll see when the time comes. I'll let you have the IOU on that for now.

[Short of Dabi betraying them in some large way, Shigaraki can't think of what he wouldn't just naturally be like 'Classic Dabi' and live his life with. It's something he's finding less that he wants to think about.]

Right, great boy is what I should've said. Now are you going to tell me what you're doing and why you need to put it on the network?

[burnitblack]

oy, oy. i like to collect on those. don't throw them out so easily.

[not a warning he expects shigaraki to take seriously or even remotely consider. he doesn't have a reason to betray the other man. even with all their rough patches and doubts of shigaraki's leadership, the league stayed with him, even their lone wolf. the league of villains remained from start to present the best route to go along with. shigaraki's a good boss. even if dabi's never been one to take orders unless he feels like it.]

i'm runnin outta space on my camera. so i need to get this crap off it to free the memory up. puttin it up on the network to download later would be ideal.

// Private

[comecatchthesehands]

I'll do what I want, for whom I want. Take it or leave it I don't care.

[No he's not taking it seriously, of course. He wouldn't be out here ribbing him about his request if he wasn't interested in finding out what's going on for more than curiosity sake. There's no reason Dabi would just ask for the sake of asking. The LoV means enough to him that he says he doesn't care, but he does. In his own way.]

I'm not dumb enough to actually believe it's porn. What are you trying to do?

[burnitblack]

i betcha don't. guess i'll pocket it for later.

[he's aware that it's only a matter of time before shigaraki asks about the real reason for all this. and while he might ask for the sake of asking, it'd likely be in preparation for something later. information to squirrel away in case it's useful. this, however, is not that later. it's a now thing.

private line means they can talk more.]

start a war.

[comecatchthesehands]

Sure.

[It's meant and sincere, but there's more pressing things to talk about the moment Dabi reveals what he's trying to do.]

That sounds more like your type of quest line. Who pissed in your cereal?

[burnitblack]

[he's not surprised at the reaction. how does one text a shrug.]

no one in particular. ain't even sure it'll work out.

but there's a schism in the hunters and it'd be interestin to see it catch fire.

[comecatchthesehands]

[If only Shigaraki knew, he could've told him it's a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, but he can feel it from here. Dabi's tone isn't hard to read over text, not always, not if he doesn't want it to be.]

"Some men just want to watch the world burn." Good movie. Good sentiment. Good luck, too. It sounds like it might be fun to watch you roast a few marshmallows. All you need is a computer for it?