lilizuku: Take my hand if you want to live. (child worried concern hand)
Izuku "Deku" Midoriya ([personal profile] lilizuku) wrote in [community profile] deernet2023-01-09 09:50 pm

video | first week of january | un: zXzALLMIGHTJRzXz

[ Off-center on the screen is a small freckled child with an impressive green bedhead. His T-shirt, of a suitable size for a teenager, is now as long as a bedgown. He fitfully rubs the sleep from his eyes. ]

Please... Anyone we know who can watch us... and reach high things... and cook katsudon? Paul-kun and I are seven years old now. Kaworu-kun is two whole years younger than us. He’s so little...

[ Tears prick at the edges of his huge green eyes. He just woke up like this, he misses his mom, he barely remembers how to work the Omni, but he must make his case. He has to ask for help for the sake of his friends, one of whom is very tiny!

However, the tiny one seems unconvinced.]
Someone always comes. They leave you alone for a bit and then come back when they need you.

[ The other seven year old in question stands behind Izuku with his arms crossed over his chest, an effect somewhat undercut by the fact the sleeves of his too big sweater flop over his hands and dangle towards the floor. He glares from underneath a fringe of messy curls that match Izuku’s except for their dark colour, and amends Izuku’s statement with a crisply pronounced: ]

Which doesn’t mean we can’t defend ourselves.

Oh! [ Izuku remembers, ] And I’m very sorry, but you can’t watch us unless you’re our friend. Mom taught me not to talk to strangers.

[ Paul nods emphatically, then turns away from the screen to disappear to the left. When he does, the end of a sheathed knife that’s almost comically large for his small frame is briefly visible under the hem of his sweater. He is not kidding around about self-defense. ]

[ Izuku glances offscreen after him. ] Paul-kun, what do you have there—

[ Cheerfully, without an ounce of hesitation, Paul answers: ] A knife!

[The pale haired boy tilts his head curiously.] What’s a stranger...?


[ ooc: Due to last year's recurring event, these are temporary AU versions of Deku [personal profile] wannasmash, Kaworu [personal profile] peripheries, and Paul [personal profile] terriblepurpose ]
justoscar: (disbelief)

Video | un: justafarmlad

[personal profile] justoscar 2023-01-10 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I-- uh--

[Oscar blinked, somewhat startled by this frank admission, and cut in-- ]

You guys are tiny!!!
the_obedient_servant: (MVQMfHf)

un: GoldenFlowers, video

[personal profile] the_obedient_servant 2023-01-10 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is the nightmare scenario. Chara is still only like... twelve, but here they are, already deciding to babysit.]

...I guess it's that time of the year.

I can help. Do you prefer cinnamon or butterscotch?
Edited 2023-01-10 13:34 (UTC)
unchoose: (y!04)

video | un: eyas

[personal profile] unchoose 2023-01-10 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not very polite.

[ Paul is compelled to turn on his own Omni to rebut this scurrilous accusation. ]
unchoose: (y!01)

un: eyas, video

[personal profile] unchoose 2023-01-10 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I prefer cinnamon.

[ Intriguing, stranger - but Paul makes it clear he won't be lulled into a false sense of security with a stern, imperious look.

(His hair flops over one eye. His mother usually puts things in to stop that from happening if he has to see people. He persists nevertheless.) ]


I don't know what they like.

Who are you?
creidim: (☾ child 008)

video | un: quibbler

[personal profile] creidim 2023-01-10 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ they're not the only ones who're... uh, tiny. ]

Do you not have magic you can use to get things down from up high? That's what I do, if I think about it very hard.
justoscar: (blushy sass)

[personal profile] justoscar 2023-01-10 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Right-- sorry!! I'm sorry!

This is my third winter and I'm still not used to... This.

[He chuckled]

At least I'm still a boy.

... What's katsudon and how do you make it?
unchoose: (y!04)

[personal profile] unchoose 2023-01-10 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Why would you not be a boy?

[ Paul cocks his small head curiously. ]

Katsudon is a breaded cutlet served over rice, and I don't know how to make it. You have to ask Izuku - Izuku-kun.
unchoose: (y!02)

video | un: eyas

[personal profile] unchoose 2023-01-10 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
...you can do that?

[ Paul pivots to stare up at something off-camera, then squints and furrows his forehead intensely, reaching out with every iota of his mental effort -

- hm. ]


How did you learn?
justoscar: (?)

[personal profile] justoscar 2023-01-10 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
The same thing that made you a kid also made me a girl for the last two winters.

It wasn't bad, just a little weird. The dresses were kinda fun, though.

Uh... Paul? Izuku...Kun? Kaworu-kun? Do guys want katsudon? I can find a cookbook and try to make it.
onebadapple: (Well isn't that wonderful!)

Video; UN: Filledwithsunshine

[personal profile] onebadapple 2023-01-10 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well aren't you all adorable! I would be happy to cook for you all if you like! I don't know how to make katsudon but I can make other things.
creidim: dnt (☾ child 009)

[personal profile] creidim 2023-01-10 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes—! [ she is very pleased with this fact. Especially when it means she's able to retrieve biscuit tins. ]

Well, it's not something I learned but I can just.... do? Mummy explained sometimes we can just do magic when we're little.

I suppose it takes a bit of practice, though.
creidim: (☾ child 001)

[personal profile] creidim 2023-01-10 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, no. Don't cry...! [ she tries her best to offer assurances: ]

That's not very nice of them. Sometimes it just takes people a bit longer is all. There's nothing wrong with that.
unchoose: (y!01)

[personal profile] unchoose 2023-01-10 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Dresses are nice.

[ That seems to be enough information for Paul, somehow, on the topic of girlhood. Katsudon is a trickier prospect. He glances to the side where Izuku and Kaworu still are. ]

What's your name? Before I answer.
unchoose: (y!01)

[personal profile] unchoose 2023-01-10 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
When do you know you can do magic?

[ The chances he'll be able to when his mother certainly never told him anything like that are admittedly slim, but Paul is willing to bank on an outside hope for something extraordinary. And sometimes his mother doesn't tell him things so that he'll figure them out on his own. ]

How do you practice? Are there words you have to know?
justoscar: (warm)

[personal profile] justoscar 2023-01-10 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
If I've got a recipe, it should be fine. That makes it easier.

[He smiled-- gently, glad that Izuku was careful about who to trust but was also willing to acknowledge him. ]

We do know each other. Probably not too well, but I've been wanting to fix that.

... You see, I made a promise to help take care of Paul. That includes taking care of you and Kaworu,too.
justoscar: (peaceful)

[personal profile] justoscar 2023-01-10 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oscar.

And yeah, dresses can be nice! I just don't fuss with them too much because I'm in the dirt a lot.
onebadapple: (Cat got your tongue?)

[personal profile] onebadapple 2023-01-10 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Why yes we are! Though I haven't made friends with your other friends there. But I would be happy to befriend all of you.
unchoose: (y!03)

[personal profile] unchoose 2023-01-10 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That also tracks with Paul's understanding of dresses, which tend to be elaborate, very expensive affairs. His mother and her handmaidens' dresses are all too fine to go anywhere near dirt -

- but what about the servants' dresses? A discrepancy, and discrepancies always get his attention. Paul has to discipline himself not to go 'off running', as his father would say. ]


That was one of the names on the list...

You'll have to prove that you're the right Oscar if you come. There's a test.
justoscar: (warm)

[personal profile] justoscar 2023-01-10 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Your right-- but right now I'm bigger than you. I can reach the top shelf and everything.

[But yeah-- he knew it was suspicious, so he explained himself. ]

I made that promise to someone who cares about Paul a lot. I also have worked with Paul on a few projects, so that's a different matter.

If you want someone else, that's fine. But, I do care about you guys

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