1-800-BUGGELOO | video | un: rin

[offinventory]

[ Green = Midoriya | Blue = Murderbot | None = Locals ]

Beasts can be people. I had to see if there was a person in there. That's why I used a Moon Drop on the Bugge.

Waste of a Moon Drop... Just kill it like we all do, Deku. [ The voice comes from a grizzled Hunter with their hand on their hilt. ]

[ Midoriya isn't filming this. He and a group of farmers are the subject of this onlooker's stream. A few Hunters are interspersed with them, identifiable by the badges that match Midoriya's own. They know him by his Hero name, Deku. His green Hero gear is lightly stained with his own warmblood. He's bruised and exhausted, but anyone familiar with him knows that he'd be much more injured if he actually came off worse in a fight. ]

If there's a chance I can save someone without killing, I have to try.

These are my crops! The blood of the Bugge enriches them, don't you understand? I have to feed my children! [ A farmer brandishes their harvesting sickle. ]

I--I'm sorry. If you need help, I--Please, let me help. There has to be another way. There are other ways to make the soil better, just--we can figure this out together--

[ Several people in the crowd push forward, and Midoriya flinches with a step back in time with them. He can feel several stabs of alarm in his head. It evokes multiple memories of a group of people ganging up on him, and he's not good at using words to defend himself. He wants nothing more than to wrap his arms around his head and not look at them, but these are people he wants to protect. He has to face them. ]

Congratulations, you are being streamed live to DeerNet. Don't do anything you'd regret.

[ The voice is flat and even, near emotionless but with a slight edge to it. If anyone looks at their relic, it is streaming with a one second delay. ]

[ OOC: replies will come from Murderbot and Midoriya ]

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un: younghuman | voice

[terriblepurpose]

[ Controlled, even, just short of knife-edge flat. ]

Where are you?

voice | un: rin

[offinventory]

Quick check: are you going to kill anyone?

Voice | un: Uravity (mild MHA spoilers)

[floatsaway]

[Oh god, not this again... Ochako quite literally drops what she's doing, nearly tripping over her own two feet while on her patrol. This was likely to happen, given the nature of Trench versus Deku's own nature, but...ugh. She really wishes it didn't have to happen like this. Her teeth grind together angrily at the person recording her best friend getting verbally berated, hot fire prickling under her skin as she snaps to attention and tries to get a read on what's happening.

Details. She's perceptive enough. She can get some good info by looking at where they are in the video. A bird's eye view is different, yes, but landmarks stand out from the air, and getting there that way is always fastest.]

DEKU!! [Her voice should ring clearly, because Ochako is hoping to get his attention.] Four, six and seven!

[She's keeping it vague, for the sake of Izuku's privacy, and that of One For All, but he should know immediately what Ochako means: If it gets really bad, if Danger Sense triggers too much...use Smokescreen and Float to get away.]

voice | un: rin

[offinventory]

For whatever good that does, he can hear you.

voice | un: deku | sweet delicious spoilers forever

[wannasmash]

Urara--Uravity?

[ They might sound like position markers or something to someone else, but Midoriya understands what she means even through the cacophony of voices and pings to Danger Sense. That is his "out" strategy as well. He used it against her once, after all.

Mostly he just needed a direct, clear voice to cut through the alarms. (Where is it coming from??) But however he can prevent himself from coming to harm, nothing can prevent the ire directed at him. The ninth wielder of One For All feels so small. ]

I don't want to escalate things with a show of power. I can just walk away.

[ He hopes. ]

[Video] username: justanadventurer

[aetherweaver]

... Where are you? I can help knock people out if need be.

[He may have conflicted feelings about the Bugge, but he's not going to let a crowd hurt one of 'his own'.]

[offinventory]

Like above, confirming this means no killing is gonna happen if you get there?

Vudeo | un: diggs

[justoscar]

Oh, Brothers...

[Oscar was there-- looking as long suffering as ever as he watched this go down. Midoriya had the audacity to call him out on his own dangerous tactics and does... This.

Worried, he taps on the feed. ]

Do you need help with crowd control? Do we need to get him outta there?

[He had a young face, but he could think fast. There were several ways this could go, and none of them were good. ]

voice | un: rin

[offinventory]

Get him out sounds like a good idea, but I'm not actually there.

video; un: lady

[dohaeris]

[sansa looks exhausted and somewhat incredulous. it's possible that she's dealt with this already. she's certainly been trying to smooth things over with disgruntled farmers all week...a moon drop is a new low, though.]

It's not a person.

[she would try too, if it were a person, but it's something she can warg. she's even gone in with lady to make sure.]

Tell them I will kill the Bugge tonight. It does hurt the plants around it, and none of us can afford a crop failure. Winter is coming.

voice | un: deku

[wannasmash]

[ A bit of a delay. He's Busy. ]

I'm not telling them anything like that. And they don't want anything coming from me anyway.

[ He might have pissed them off, but he can read a crowd, especially when that crows is telling him to get off their lawn. ]

It'll happen regardless. The Hunters are pretty set on it.

Voice; UN: Player One

[comecatchthesehands]

Mmmhh... Maybe kick their asses instead of showing yours on the network. 1/10, Disappointed. You look like a frightened baby, not a hero. ...On second thought, I like them already.

voice | un: deku

[wannasmash]

[ Ironically, someone bullying him on the internet helps get him out of that broken-hearted IRL funk. But why did it have to be this guy... After a bit of delay when he's not otherwise extremely occupied, he answers. ]

Not 0/10? I guess you'd be glad I don't look like a hero. And no, I don't want to kick anyone. I know these people. I buy vegetables from them. I was trying to protect them.

Voice: UN: Idaten

[brains_beef_and_brows]

[God damn it,now is not the time to be very bombastic so instead have a very curt response.]

Midoriya, Where are you?

voice | un: deku | LMAO THAT ICON

[wannasmash]

[ Why does he feel like he's in trouble every time Iida takes that tone--Oh right, it's because he's in trouble every time Iida takes that tone. ]

Just on the farming outskirts near the border of Trenchwood, but I don't want to escalate things. They're just yelling. I mean, I think they'd hit me if they could, but... I did just come out of a fight with the Bugge alive. They wouldn't chance it.

[ Probably. ]

voice | un: deku | when he's finally not busy being yelled at

[wannasmash]

Who are you?

[ Whose side is this person on?? Or rather, are there even sides to be taken at all... ]

voice | un: rin

[offinventory]

Eden Rin. I'm a Nightwalker and proprietor of The Entertainment Feed.

text; anon

[bleedformeplz]

SO... any1 know how to screenshot this? asking 4 a friend. :)

DEKU4EVER. \o/

text | un: deku | much much later

[wannasmash]

[ 4... ever?? Is this... a fan??? He's not sure how to feel about this. ]

Why? It's not something I'd like to remember...

[ Smooth. Professional. Absolutely nailing the front-facing part of the Hero biz. ]

voice; un: an.exorcist

[likethelight]

They won't listen to you. Not right now.

[ It's crisp and clear, not the polite and easygoing tone he usually speaks with.

It helps him keep the righteous fury that someone would film that bottled up. ]

Can you get away?

voice

[wannasmash]

[ He almost doesn't recognize the voice, but he knows the difference between on-duty and off-duty tone from many of his friends, and that clues him in. ]

I can leave. But I'm still responsible for this. I can't just run away.

un: GoldenFlowers, video

[the_obedient_servant]

[Hello, Deku, it's your would-be murderer. They have an opinion to share.]

You know, I can't tell if you're just relentlessly stubborn about forcing the world to work the way you want it to or simply lacking in any ability to see beyond whatever is directly in front of you.

[Not that they disagree.]

Not that I think you were wrong in this case.

I assume you would be wary of any assistance that I might offer?

voice | un: deku

[wannasmash]

[ He feels localized aches coincidentally in the places Chara stabbed him, but it takes him a bit to find a moment to talk to anyone on the network. ]

I understand why they're angry, so... the stubbornness probably. The world is unfair and unkind. It's not something I can just go along with, for them and for the people I care about.

These are people I'm trying to protect. [ Not stab?! ] I don't need help. I don't know why you would help me anyway.

voice (un: falcogrice)

[grice]

Izuku— [ he's already got back up, it looks like, especially from paul and his closer friends; falco would never want to add up to the crowding or make it worse, so he does only add a concerned: ]

Please, be careful . . .

voice (un: deku) | a minute later when he gets a chance

[wannasmash]

[ Unlike his stammering in the face of way too many people, he wants to be calm for Falco. ]

I will, Falco-kun. Please don't come anywhere near here, okay? I'll be fine. I don't want you to get hurt.

Un: Tabris | voice

[peripheries]

Where are you? I’m coming to save you.

voice | un: rin

[offinventory]

Per other responses, Deku does not seem to believe he needs saving.

When you say 'save' do you mean killing anyone?

voice | un: sharpshooter

[azurestar]

[He just watches this silently for a long moment, then heaves a breath. There's a lot going on here, but first things first:]

Hey man. You need any help?

voice | un: deku

[wannasmash]

[ He recognizes that voice. ]

...I think I just had something thrown at me, but I'm fine. I don't want to give the locals another reason to resent Sleepers. These--these are my neighbors, kind of. I buy vegetables from them.

[ Well, not any more by the looks of things. ]

"voice"; un: imyarek, 1/3

[unsheathedfromreality]

[To call this a voice post is charitable; it's ten or twelve seconds of weird static with what might be Deku's name in it.]

text, un: imyarek, 2/3

[unsheathedfromreality]

To t̴̗̀ḣ̵ͅë̵̳́ ̸̜͠ö̵̦́ń̸̖ē̷ͅ ̷̢̚ṟ̸̋é̵͙č̴̼o̴̭̐r̷̭̋d̸̘̾ȉ̵͍ñ̸̪g̶͚͌ this:

Public exposure may not keep the crowd passive. This is the season of Bloodsport. Be cautious.

Video; un: darkness

[survivalthroughhate]

[Maul watches with the detached curiosity of someone who has no intention of interfering in a good reality TV show.]

And this is what happens when those who wish to do good meddle far too often. People think I do harm. But what happens when the heroes are the ones that start breaking things? What then?

voice | un: rin

[offinventory]

Everyone can break things. Universal ability.