People with power so vast they can just offer you whatever you want aren't doing it because they're just nice people. If they were, they'd be doing it without being asked, or doing things without being asked that benefits everyone. He's not asking for anything, but it'll be pretty implied if he ever needs a favor down the road..
[Yoichi's heard this stuff before! And it really, really makes him nervous by the sound of it. Nervous or upset or both.]
He won't have to ask for a favor back, because he already did you a nice thing, which puts you in his debt. What's he going to ask for when it's time to return the favor? Maybe he means well. But .. I've seen this kind of thing before. If he wanted to help, he could be helping.
[time to just listen to all this, and yoichi makes some good points. maybe not all points mob agrees with but he knows some people can be like this. people with a lot of power often abuse it.]
Has this happened to you before? Someone doing something like this for bad reasons. [once again not realizing that might be personal to ask, sorry yoichi. it's just something that strikes him, makes him want to ask.]
I know people with too much power end up thinking they're better than everyone sometimes, use their power badly. I guess... I still hope sometimes people just want to help but don't know how.
It happens a lot more often than I'd like to think.
[Around him! He didn't accept his brother's bullshit the instant it got spoken, so not really TO him, and boy it happened all the time in comics too--]
Good people wind up with power too. I mean, I met a girl not too long ago who even said she goes to a hero school to learn how to save people, if that's not good people with power I can't say what is. But what he's doing doesn't ... sound helpful.
[boy that is a lot to think about, especially the tail end that tugs at some things mob knows a little well. all smiles on the outside, then what was inside? master helped people, actually helped people, but-
better not to get off track. focus.]
Oh, like Midoriya? [he's heard a little of that. he still thinks it's rescue work like firefighters but sh.]
Yoichi... what makes someone a con, you think? That they want to use people and hurt them? [a beat] What if people aren't hurt?
I'm afraid I don't know anyone by that name. Does he go to a hero school too?
[There's so many people in this town, even for a starveling half frozen backwater!
He considers for a long, quiet moment when asked, to him, if it isn't a problem if people aren't 'hurt'. When he speaks again, his tone is somber.]
People don't need to bleed for it to be bad, Mob. You can trust him if you want to, I can't stop you. But think twice, and thrice, and yet again before you ask him for anything.
I think so. In his world most people have powers, it's pretty interesting.
[and a little terrifying, given how people get with power. as discussed.
but that gets some long thought. when it came to this wish granting guy mob didn't really want anything, a cure for beasthood? but that goes into what yoichi said, it's something he'd probably do if he could do it, if he wanted to help.
after a long beat he answers,] Thank you, Yoichi. For worrying. [because it seems like he cares about mob getting hurt and mob appreciates that.] You're a good friend.
Wow. I can't imagine what that's like. It's pretty rare in my --
[He cuts himself off, and considers for a long, looong silent moment, a low thoughtful hum marking him still paying attention at least, but he's suddenly rather preoccupied with a passing thought.
It doesn't stop a smile from crossing his face though.]
I hope to be. We all have to work together, after all.
[But..]
...But what do you mean, by .. 'in his world'? You mean his country, or the ..social strata he's in?
[Know what Yoichi really hasn't actually accepted yet..]
[big agree on that working together. have a nod there, but ok that question gets some consideration. what did midoriya say?]
The place he came from? Everyone seems to be from different places, and people call them 'worlds' a lot. Like... he's from Japan too I think? But he says people started getting powers all over there, enough that it's kinda normal now.
It's not like that in the Japan I know. Most people don't think psychics even exist.
In the Japan I know, it's ... it's a lot of fighting, because people with powers are known about now, and people without powers are persecuting them. Or people with power are taking advantage of those without. There's been denial a long time about powers like psychics but now there's no hiding it.
[Other worlds. That can't be right.]
What year is it?
[Maybe it's just a timeline thing. If Mob's from earlier than he is, and Midoriya is from later.. timelines are far more common an issue than entire different realities.]
2012. [maybe, that isn't clear in the anime/manga but we'll just take have to go best guess from context]
You think maybe you're from the future where that happens? [he kept thinking of everything so separate, given how many odd people are around. whatever maul was, for example. but huh, that's a lot to imagine being the future.]
Um, do you remember when Claw tried to take over? [that would probably prove it. people talked about that a lot. or the big broccoli.]
I'm definitely from further along than 2012, by a fair bit.
[also vague because '20xx' is just not even remotely descriptive]
All I remember of 2012 is everyone saying the world was going to end because of Mayans, and not getting what I wanted for my birthday. I was pretty young then.
I think I've heard something about enormous veggies. It's .. I think I was five or six then? Let me --
[Mental math follows, it doesn't take long.]
Six. So not extremely little but I did spend a lot of time in the hospital and they didn't really keep the news on, just a lot of cartoons. Some of which had veggies, I could be crossing my wires. But, oh, the glowing baby, the first public person with powers, should have been a few years before your year, in China.
Yeah, that just happened. People come to see it a lot.
[he takes a moment to imagine the giant broccoli in the future and how that even works. wouldn't it go rotten? maybe it wouldn't because of the psychic stuff? mystery.]
You were sick? [and a beat] No, I don't remember that. I don't keep up with the news much though.
I wish Master Reigen was here, he'd probably remember something like that.
[ah, that made sense. no offense yoichi but you do not look like the healthiest guy in the world. he considers this for a few moments, information he'll now consider more often. like maybe he should learn to make soup in case yoichi gets sick and needs some. soup is good for that.]
Ah, being here must be hard then. Do you have enough warm clothes and stuff?
[another thing yoichi will probably be getting for Gift Month, random scarves and gloves.]
Yeah, anyone can wake up they say, at the start of the month. Oh, is there anyone here you know, Yoichi?
[And that seems to be a genuine delight, apparently.]
The benefit of being a "coldblood" now, I suppose! It's a really great blessing I wouldn't even have imagined, I barely even use the fireplace. I'll probably be wretchedly miserable come summertime, if I'm cold resistant, but I'll take it for now.
[The rest, the elemental magic .. he hasn't dabbled with it yet, but in many ways coldblood was the best possible option he could get, nullifying the worst winter had to offer. It just left things like hunger and shelter a concern..]
If you describe him, I'll keep an eye out. I'm hoping to get a shelter built close to the shoreline, so I should hopefully be able to spot people. And no, I haven't found anyone I know yet. It's alright though, everyone I have met has been very kind.
Oh, like sensei. [he's heard of this!] That's a nice blood to have. Can you make ice too?
[he still doesn't think powers are very useful usually but that was probably okay. like-] If you could make ice then summer wouldn't be so bad. [frankly good point.]
Really? [tiny smile is a little grateful now.] Um, he's an adult with blond hair, the kind that's sort of reddish. He waves his hands around a lot, and is usually pretty sweaty. [sorry reigen... he's right but still.]
[It's a close enough assumption that Yoichi doesn't correct it. It's not entirely wrong, after all. So he manages to look sympathetic, and it's not false either. Not everyone got powers that suited them. Or that they wanted.]
I hope nobody's tried to hurt you over it. I know that happens .. a lot.
[One day that would surely change!]
.... Ah, dangerous. I don't think the things I've seen Trench inflict would be much of a challenge, really. [He shakes his head.] One day all of that will be seen to, just hopefully not here.
It does. [tone quiet there. yeah, people have tried to hurt him over quite a lot.] People can get really... selfish, about powers. Power in general, I guess.
[understatement!]
Hm, people who are brought here seem pretty generous typically. It doesn't sound like they're very generous.
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You're worried he wants something? I thought he might just be bored.
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[Yoichi's heard this stuff before! And it really, really makes him nervous by the sound of it. Nervous or upset or both.]
He won't have to ask for a favor back, because he already did you a nice thing, which puts you in his debt. What's he going to ask for when it's time to return the favor? Maybe he means well. But .. I've seen this kind of thing before. If he wanted to help, he could be helping.
He isn't, and that's a choice.
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Has this happened to you before? Someone doing something like this for bad reasons. [once again not realizing that might be personal to ask, sorry yoichi. it's just something that strikes him, makes him want to ask.]
I know people with too much power end up thinking they're better than everyone sometimes, use their power badly. I guess... I still hope sometimes people just want to help but don't know how.
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[Around him! He didn't accept his brother's bullshit the instant it got spoken, so not really TO him, and boy it happened all the time in comics too--]
Good people wind up with power too. I mean, I met a girl not too long ago who even said she goes to a hero school to learn how to save people, if that's not good people with power I can't say what is. But what he's doing doesn't ... sound helpful.
[Yoichi shakes his head.]
It sounds like a con. All smiles on the outside.
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better not to get off track. focus.]
Oh, like Midoriya? [he's heard a little of that. he still thinks it's rescue work like firefighters but sh.]
Yoichi... what makes someone a con, you think? That they want to use people and hurt them? [a beat] What if people aren't hurt?
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[There's so many people in this town, even for a starveling half frozen backwater!
He considers for a long, quiet moment when asked, to him, if it isn't a problem if people aren't 'hurt'. When he speaks again, his tone is somber.]
People don't need to bleed for it to be bad, Mob. You can trust him if you want to, I can't stop you. But think twice, and thrice, and yet again before you ask him for anything.
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[and a little terrifying, given how people get with power. as discussed.
but that gets some long thought. when it came to this wish granting guy mob didn't really want anything, a cure for beasthood? but that goes into what yoichi said, it's something he'd probably do if he could do it, if he wanted to help.
after a long beat he answers,] Thank you, Yoichi. For worrying. [because it seems like he cares about mob getting hurt and mob appreciates that.] You're a good friend.
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[He cuts himself off, and considers for a long, looong silent moment, a low thoughtful hum marking him still paying attention at least, but he's suddenly rather preoccupied with a passing thought.
It doesn't stop a smile from crossing his face though.]
I hope to be. We all have to work together, after all.
[But..]
...But what do you mean, by .. 'in his world'? You mean his country, or the ..social strata he's in?
[Know what Yoichi really hasn't actually accepted yet..]
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The place he came from? Everyone seems to be from different places, and people call them 'worlds' a lot. Like... he's from Japan too I think? But he says people started getting powers all over there, enough that it's kinda normal now.
It's not like that in the Japan I know. Most people don't think psychics even exist.
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[Other worlds. That can't be right.]
What year is it?
[Maybe it's just a timeline thing. If Mob's from earlier than he is, and Midoriya is from later.. timelines are far more common an issue than entire different realities.]
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maybe, that isn't clear in the anime/manga but we'll just take have to go best guess from context]You think maybe you're from the future where that happens? [he kept thinking of everything so separate, given how many odd people are around. whatever maul was, for example. but huh, that's a lot to imagine being the future.]
Um, do you remember when Claw tried to take over? [that would probably prove it. people talked about that a lot. or the big broccoli.]
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also vague because '20xx' is just not even remotely descriptive]All I remember of 2012 is everyone saying the world was going to end because of Mayans, and not getting what I wanted for my birthday. I was pretty young then.
[He sounds truly apologetic about it.]
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ah shounen stories, thank you for vague]There's the giant broccoli too. People call it the spirit tree. [what else? hm, he doesn't know the mayan thing but it sounds sort of familiar.
huh. well more importantly, to him at least,] Were you a really little kid back then? [odd to imagine he might be older than yoichi in some timeline.]
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[Mental math follows, it doesn't take long.]
Six. So not extremely little but I did spend a lot of time in the hospital and they didn't really keep the news on, just a lot of cartoons. Some of which had veggies, I could be crossing my wires. But, oh, the glowing baby, the first public person with powers, should have been a few years before your year, in China.
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[he takes a moment to imagine the giant broccoli in the future and how that even works. wouldn't it go rotten? maybe it wouldn't because of the psychic stuff? mystery.]
You were sick? [and a beat] No, I don't remember that. I don't keep up with the news much though.
I wish Master Reigen was here, he'd probably remember something like that.
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[Yoichi's smile is brief and humorless. Were sick, haha.]
I still am. My immune system isn't really that great, sooner or later I'll pick up a common cold and wind up having a very bad month.
[The other reason for his general pallor and scrawniness, it isn't all refusing his brother's meals!]
Well, if I understand things right, he could turn up at any time, can't he?
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Ah, being here must be hard then. Do you have enough warm clothes and stuff?
[another thing yoichi will probably be getting for Gift Month, random scarves and gloves.]
Yeah, anyone can wake up they say, at the start of the month. Oh, is there anyone here you know, Yoichi?
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[And that seems to be a genuine delight, apparently.]
The benefit of being a "coldblood" now, I suppose! It's a really great blessing I wouldn't even have imagined, I barely even use the fireplace. I'll probably be wretchedly miserable come summertime, if I'm cold resistant, but I'll take it for now.
[The rest, the elemental magic .. he hasn't dabbled with it yet, but in many ways coldblood was the best possible option he could get, nullifying the worst winter had to offer. It just left things like hunger and shelter a concern..]
If you describe him, I'll keep an eye out. I'm hoping to get a shelter built close to the shoreline, so I should hopefully be able to spot people. And no, I haven't found anyone I know yet. It's alright though, everyone I have met has been very kind.
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[he still doesn't think powers are very useful usually but that was probably okay. like-] If you could make ice then summer wouldn't be so bad. [frankly good point.]
Really? [tiny smile is a little grateful now.] Um, he's an adult with blond hair, the kind that's sort of reddish. He waves his hands around a lot, and is usually pretty sweaty. [sorry reigen... he's right but still.]
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[Which sound terribly useful to him, he just needs to actually .. get a few things out of the way first so he can begin doing something with it!]
Is he Japanese as well? Will he respond if he's called by 'Reigen', or is that a familiar name?
[Having a stranger pop up and start using potential nicknames would be a bit insulting to some. Especially someone qualifying as a master!]
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but have a little smile.] He is, and he would. His name is Reigen Arataka.
Is there anyone I can look out for for you, Yoichi? [he wants to help too...]
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I did, but it doesn't do much.
[What he'd been forced to have. It was different, somehow, even than this blood-type thing. That had been done maliciously..]
I'll keep an eye out then! And.. ah, no, nobody I'm hoping will turn up. It's for the best if no-one I know appears here.
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I don't like my powers much either. [at least he assumes that's what a face like that means.]
Thank you, Yoichi. [a beat.] Are you worried they'll be in danger here? Or that they're dangerous?
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I hope nobody's tried to hurt you over it. I know that happens .. a lot.
[One day that would surely change!]
.... Ah, dangerous. I don't think the things I've seen Trench inflict would be much of a challenge, really. [He shakes his head.] One day all of that will be seen to, just hopefully not here.
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[understatement!]
Hm, people who are brought here seem pretty generous typically. It doesn't sound like they're very generous.
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