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expiationlogs2023-04-12 10:00 pm
heroondecku) wrote in expiationlogs2023-04-12 10:00 pm
[Open Log]
Who: Izuku and you (OPEN)
Where: Around Aldrip
What: April catch-all - Izuku's trying to get on his feet and handle the disappearances (only one is working out for him)
Warnings: Nothing immediate, but Izuku's not in a great headspace at the moment so I'll warn if/when a thread starts digging into that.
1) Old (Fitness) Habits
[Izuku is very, very bad at sitting around doing nothing when there is something wrong. Too easy to get trapped in thinking about what-ifs and worst-cases, of ways he could help if he was just smarter or stronger or better. Not really being able to personally do anything about it at the moment just makes it even worse.
So he falls back on the one thing he can do to prepare for the moment he gets an opportunity to finally do something useful: hone One For All's vessel.
...it's exercise. He's throwing himself into exercise.
He can't really properly recreate his usual routine - no weights or other exercise equipment readily at hand makes that hard to do - but he's already got practice in a fairly decent replacement. Namely, he spends a good chunk of his day helping with manual labor around Aldrip. No OFA, just pure, raw muscle power. It's no Dagoba Beach, but the principle is the same, embracing the heroic spirit inherent in unglamorous volunteer work while doing many different physically demanding tasks that require working different sets of muscles to do properly. He doesn't even ask for or expect payment for any of it, though he can be made to accept rewards of money or food with enough persistence, and he knows better than to turn down hydration when it's offered during or after the work.
If there's none to be had, or at least nothing he can do without using his Quirk or that doesn't require specific knowledge or skills he lacks, he spends the time doing regular exercise instead. Most of it he does in his room at the inn (so any attempt to drop by may result in sweaty teen boy, sorry about that) but he does also develop a jogging route around town, and can be found running it in the mornings almost every day. You're welcome to join him.]
2) Out and About
[Of course, Izuku can't work out constantly. Overworking does more harm than good and, as he learned the hard way, could easily result in him putting himself in danger of passing out in the middle of a task. But he still can't just sit around doing nothing during his rest periods. So when he's not doing fitness volunteer labor, he can very likely be found doing ordinary odd jobs and random acts of kindness. Lending people a hand with their laundry, offering to help someone he spots sweeping or cleaning, getting things down from rooftops or out of trees, even being a comforting presence for an upset child; if he sees it needing doing, he's going to at least try to help out. He won't force it on anyone who doesn't want it, though. That'd be rude.
Izuku won't turn down offers to help out with his helping out either, unless it's genuinely unnecessarily. That would also be rude. Feel free to meddle in his meddling!]
3) Knowledge is Power
[When there's nothing else to do, or bad weather gets in the way of his usual (very outdoors-focused) daily plans, Izuku's almost guaranteed to be at the library. He's an analyzer, a tactician, a planner - he knows the importance of learning everything you can about whatever situation you end up in, and there's no better place to start than with what Expiation's populace records about their own home.
Also he just...really likes learning new things. He's most likely to be found reading up on books or computer entries of local history and folklore, but there's even odds he can be found flipping through cookbooks, or looking up something that someone he knows is passionate about, or trying to book-learn a foundation for some new skill that would broaden his options for fitness labor. He, uh, may also be making a mild nuisance of himself; he's not particularly loud when he gets to mumbling his thoughts aloud to himself, but he does go on for a while once he gets going. Sometimes a long while.
...man, he really misses his notebooks.]
Where: Around Aldrip
What: April catch-all - Izuku's trying to get on his feet and handle the disappearances (only one is working out for him)
Warnings: Nothing immediate, but Izuku's not in a great headspace at the moment so I'll warn if/when a thread starts digging into that.
1) Old (Fitness) Habits
[Izuku is very, very bad at sitting around doing nothing when there is something wrong. Too easy to get trapped in thinking about what-ifs and worst-cases, of ways he could help if he was just smarter or stronger or better. Not really being able to personally do anything about it at the moment just makes it even worse.
So he falls back on the one thing he can do to prepare for the moment he gets an opportunity to finally do something useful: hone One For All's vessel.
...it's exercise. He's throwing himself into exercise.
He can't really properly recreate his usual routine - no weights or other exercise equipment readily at hand makes that hard to do - but he's already got practice in a fairly decent replacement. Namely, he spends a good chunk of his day helping with manual labor around Aldrip. No OFA, just pure, raw muscle power. It's no Dagoba Beach, but the principle is the same, embracing the heroic spirit inherent in unglamorous volunteer work while doing many different physically demanding tasks that require working different sets of muscles to do properly. He doesn't even ask for or expect payment for any of it, though he can be made to accept rewards of money or food with enough persistence, and he knows better than to turn down hydration when it's offered during or after the work.
If there's none to be had, or at least nothing he can do without using his Quirk or that doesn't require specific knowledge or skills he lacks, he spends the time doing regular exercise instead. Most of it he does in his room at the inn (so any attempt to drop by may result in sweaty teen boy, sorry about that) but he does also develop a jogging route around town, and can be found running it in the mornings almost every day. You're welcome to join him.]
2) Out and About
[Of course, Izuku can't work out constantly. Overworking does more harm than good and, as he learned the hard way, could easily result in him putting himself in danger of passing out in the middle of a task. But he still can't just sit around doing nothing during his rest periods. So when he's not doing fitness volunteer labor, he can very likely be found doing ordinary odd jobs and random acts of kindness. Lending people a hand with their laundry, offering to help someone he spots sweeping or cleaning, getting things down from rooftops or out of trees, even being a comforting presence for an upset child; if he sees it needing doing, he's going to at least try to help out. He won't force it on anyone who doesn't want it, though. That'd be rude.
Izuku won't turn down offers to help out with his helping out either, unless it's genuinely unnecessarily. That would also be rude. Feel free to meddle in his meddling!]
3) Knowledge is Power
[When there's nothing else to do, or bad weather gets in the way of his usual (very outdoors-focused) daily plans, Izuku's almost guaranteed to be at the library. He's an analyzer, a tactician, a planner - he knows the importance of learning everything you can about whatever situation you end up in, and there's no better place to start than with what Expiation's populace records about their own home.
Also he just...really likes learning new things. He's most likely to be found reading up on books or computer entries of local history and folklore, but there's even odds he can be found flipping through cookbooks, or looking up something that someone he knows is passionate about, or trying to book-learn a foundation for some new skill that would broaden his options for fitness labor. He, uh, may also be making a mild nuisance of himself; he's not particularly loud when he gets to mumbling his thoughts aloud to himself, but he does go on for a while once he gets going. Sometimes a long while.
...man, he really misses his notebooks.]
2
He's been delivering packages for various people for most of the afternoon and he's finally on his last one, examining the slip of paper that has the delivery instructions written on it, when a gust of wind knocks it out of his hands and up to the roof of a building. He curses under his breath and starts to put the box down when he spots someone up on the roof already.]
Wh... Deku? [...But the wind threatens to pick up again, so he gestures wildly at the paper currently stuck between two roof tiles.] Hey! Grab that paper!
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I got it! [He moves to stand - and then freezes, looking back to the people he was helping apologetically.] Sorry, I'll be right back--
[He's waved off before he's even finished - don't worry about it, we're almost done - and springs to his feet and across the roof with practiced ease. That pause at the start almost makes him too late; the wind catches the paper up again just as Izuku arrives. He leaps after it, snatching it out of the air...
...sending himself airborne over the edge of the roof as he goes, out into the open space over the road...
...where he slows to a stop. In midair. And just kind of floats there a couple of feet off the ground, drifting a bit in the strong breeze, as he awkwardly reorients himself so he can drop back down feet-first.
There is maybe a reason he's so willing and eager to go up onto rooftops so others don't have to.]
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That was really something. [He sounds impressed, for sure, nodding up at the roof Izuku just took a flying leap off of.] Bet it comes in handy when you're working up high, too.
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It has been! It's a simple Quirk, but very useful.
[Of course, he just loves Quirks in general. He will never stop disagreeing with the idea that the Predecessors' Quirks are unimpressive or otherwise less than amazing, Kacchan.
Feet on the ground once more, he jogs over to hand Noel the paper. It's gotten pretty crumpled up, what with him desperately snatching it out of the air, which Izuku can't help feeling bad about.]
Here. I hope I didn't ruin it.
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[He thinks, at least? Is Izuku really some overpowered person and he just hasn't realized it yet? Does "quirk" mean something different, to him? Maybe both of those things are possible at the same time. Either way, Noel can think of so many stairs he could have avoided if he could float. (Or his fall from Etro's Gate -- it didn't really end badly, but how useful would that have been, right?)
He takes the paper gratefully and tries to smooth it out.]
Don't worry about it. I can still read it, so it's not that bad. Thanks.
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Sorry, that's what we call abilities like that where I'm from. Since they're part of what makes people unique.
[It's just another part of you, like your personality or height or hair color.
He visibly relaxes a bit on hearing the paper's still legible. The last thing he wants is to end up making things worse by trying to help someone out. Maybe he should find some way to practice different ways to catch paper - would Blackwhip be better or worse than his hand...?]
It was nothing, really... [He smiles awkwardly, unsure if what he wants to say next counts as 'too much' meddling...well, nothing to do but try.] Is there anything else I can do to help? My last job's pretty much finished, so...
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He pauses at the question, weighing the box for a moment. It's not too heavy, but Izuku clearly wants to help.]
I think I got it, but I wouldn't say no to some company. It's not exactly the most exciting job in the world. [It's BORING!!!1] Been a while, huh? How've you been holding up?