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[wannasmash]

[ The plain young man with freckles is frowning sheepishly, shoulders raised. Today he's freshly showered and wearing one of his usual boring shirts. ]

Um... First-time renter, here... Something happened, and now some furniture the owner lent to me is damaged from... slime. A lot of it. It's gross.

[ Midoriya looks much the same, healthy even. Someone who has recently seen him might notice more freckles on his skin, like he got some spring sun. His hair needs a trim again, even though he just got one last month.

He moves out of view to reveal a plain wooden bedframe. On it is a lost cause, a mattress that looks like it's been slimed on a 90's game show. Bits of the Sleeper Membrane are already drying into peels. In it are... dozens of tiny eyelids? ]

I'll have to replace it, but... Do you think I'll get kicked out?

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[entreats]

Weird.

[ Maybe it's not the most helpful response, but it's the first one that slips across Ange's lips in the middle of all of this. Because that's just what it is. Weird. ]

I guess that means the main question here now is how it is possible for your body to change that drastically, despite the fact that you were just sleeping. And not even for a super long time. [ Certainly not for as long as he thought he was home for. ]

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[wannasmash]

In my world, there are transformation Quirks. There's precedent for sudden changes. But I don't think this is the same.

Thanks for listening anyway. I think maybe this requires some outside research. After I... clean up...

[ Gross. Not looking forward to it. ]

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[entreats]

[ Ange releases a breath, close to a sigh. ]

Yeah, I don't think it's that. [ Especially since his Quirk had nothing to do with that kind of thing, right? Ange doubts that would change so suddenly, or drastically..

It must be something that's just part of how things work in this world, even if she can't quite wrap her mind around it just yet. ]

You could maybe find information about it over at the archives.

[ If there's any place where there ought to be information, it's there. ]

You know, after burning your mattress and all.

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[wannasmash]

[ Midoriya is fairly used to sudden, drastic changes, given his Quirk is so unwieldy. At least he's progressed to the point where he doesn't have to hurt himself just to use it. ]

Blood Minister first, then archives, I think. [ he agrees, pinching his lip with his fingers. This is going to be a long day. ] It's strange how I still kept the scars I got in Trench. If this is a Sleeper thing, they'll know if that's normal too.

Thank you again. Talking about it really helped.

[ His thoughts tend to jumble and ramble unnecessarily. Either writing them down or talking to someone focused keeps his head on straight. ]

Wish us luck.

[ with the mattress-burning. ]

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[entreats]

[ Hey, even if Ange doesn't say it with as many words - because she's easily embarrassed, honestly - she's glad to have helped. Even if it's in such a small way.

So with that sentiment technically going unvoiced, all she ends up saying is: ]

Good luck.

[ Midoriya's probably going to need it, she figures. ]

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[wannasmash]

[ He waves. Ange need not feel embarrassed. Midoriya is the king of zeroing in on unvoiced sentiments in others. ]