1-800-BUGGELOO | video | un: rin

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[ 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 ]

Comments

[wannasmash]

[ After a bit, when he gets a chance to reply, it sounds like he is alone. ]

I've seen all kinds of stuff here different from back home. But if someone's hurting someone else, right in front of me, I can't sit by and do nothing. I thought... if they just had a chance to see the Bugge cured... see if there's a person in there...

Well, it didn't work. I don't know that they would care either way. And now no one will talk at all. And it's all my fault.

[azurestar]

I hear you man. [he heaves a breath.] And it's not all your fault. The street goes both ways when it comes to talking stuff out. If they don't wanna listen to what you have to say and won't try to see where you were coming from, that's kind of on them. But, maybe they just need some time to cool off.

[wannasmash]

I would like to work together. But I left because I felt that it wouldn't happen right then. I just... feel stupid for trying. Thanks anyway Lance-san.

[azurestar]

[He knows how that feels very intimately. But Deku sounds beat and worn out.]

…Get some rest, man. You're not stupid, it just feels bad right now because it just happened.

[wannasmash]

[ It's very simple advice. Things are guaranteed better after a rest and even the slightest bit of hindsight. It seems almost silly that Midoriya didn't think of it in such clear words, but he's preoccupied in the middle of a storm. ]

Okay. I will. It... it was nice of you to talk to me. You didn't have to, but you did. I'll think about what you said.

[azurestar]

No problem. I'll be here anytime you need to talk, man.