bakerstreet | what's your number?

(ooc: do you mind a dabi is a todoroki? )

(ooc: not at all!)

With a face like that? It's no wonder.

[He blinks at the stranger. And then blinks again.]

Uh, thanks I guess?

[He looks around, rubbing the back of his head. What do you do when you meet a villain who tried to kill your father on television?]

Wasn't a compliment. Four is barely anything.

[A normal person might run. Maybe Natsuo should too. Dabi just couldn't help indulge in his own curiosity. It's been so long.]

At least you're lucky enough not to look too much like him.

[That makes him scowl.] I have other things to do. And a lot of people would only want me for him anyway.

[He should run. But... there's something... familiar about this guy.]

I like to think I take after my mother, thank you.

Things to do? Like what?

[just the thought of anyone wanting Natsuo because their father is revolting.]

Sounds like getting rid of him might be in your favor. Maybe more people would want you.

You seem angry about a lot of things.

School. I'm studying health and welfare. Maybe I'll be a doctor. All I know is I wanna help kids in situations like...

[Like situations like mine, though he thinks he got off easy compared to his sister, who stepped up to take care of Shouto, and Shouto himself, who took the brunt of their father's attention. And Touya who... who was no longer with them. He wants to say it, wants to tell, no yell, to the world that Endeavor is a shit father.

But... He can't. His father is awful, and he'll always hate him and never forgive him for what happened to Touya. But Endeavor means more to Japan than to him. So he'll keep quiet until his father's downfall wouldn't hurt Japan.]

I don't want him dead. That's... too easy.

[He sighs and looks at Dabi] Who are you?

[ he tried to keep tabs on his siblings for a little while until it became too much, and he knew he had to stop checking in on a life that was no longer his. touya was dead, both to him and to his family. no use pretending.

but now, this stupid, morbid curiosity of his has him finding out that natsuo is going to school to help people, and that really is just like something he would do.]

Don't worry, we'll pepper in some torture, too.

[ dabi knows that's not what natsuo means, but wouldn't it be nice if he did?]

Haven't you seen me on TV? You know who I am.

You know, that's not exactly what I want to hear either.

[He hates his father but seeing him dead? He doesn't want that. Exposed for the fraud he is, that's what he wants.]

Yeah, but doesn't mean I know your name.

I should probably hold back on all the gruesome details then, huh.

[Dabi know well enough by now that the heroes don't work like that. They don't get exposed. They get congratulated and revered, and statues get built of them while their beaten down families have to act like they must have to forgive and redeem. It makes Dabi sick.]

Name's Dabi.

I hate him, but I don't want him dead. So... that'd be great. Thanks.

[Maybe one day he and Shouto will write a book, but by then it'd be too late for their father to get any of what he deserves.]

Nice code name.

Maybe I'll just pluck you off the street and torture you instead. Think he'll even give a shit?

[ Yeah, a lot of good a book is gonna do, Natsuo. ]

What makes you think it's a code name, pretty boy?

He says he does now, but we'll see how long that lasts.

[His father is... trying. Why all a sudden he doesn't know. But he did seem genuinely relieved when Bakugou saved him. Hugged him and everything.

If only he had gotten that hug ten years ago... Still doesn't make him a better person. He's just. Fuck.]

Because who names their kid 'Cremation'?

Maybe we'll come after his whole family, then.

[Dabi tries not to sound angry, but it's hard not to let bits an pieces of it show through. Of all people he thought maybe Natsuo.... but no. Of course not. He'd rather look at his father and think he was trying. ]

You'd be surprised what parents will do to their children.

Hm. Is that why you're here now? Got someone to distract me with this quirk telling everyone the number of people I've fucked, and then kidnap me?

No offense, Dabi, but this is a lame set up. And I'm pretty sure I can punch your lights out.

[He keeps in shape. And well, he's inherited his father's build. Almost six feet tall and a couple more years left where he could grow some more.]

I know what they can do.

Edited 2020-03-24 07:36 (UTC)

[ It's a gift that Natsuo has, somehow simmering his anger until he has to laugh. It's a really lame setup, Natsuo is right, and Dabi is pretty sure his brother could punch his lights out too. He doesn't really have any fighting power aside from his quirk. ]

Saving the world, huh? Punching out one villain at a time.

[No offense, Natsuo even adds, as if anyone has ever been concerned about offending him.]

There it is. I like you better when you're angry about it.

Whatever.

[He studies Dabi for a moment]

So, what's your deal with Endeavor? Why do you have such a hate boner for him?

He's the worst of them, isn't he? He parades around like the big number one, hiding behind money and power and all that fame. Society lifts the scum of the world higher, and higher and he's at the very top.

That, and some personal business.

[Well, he can't argue with that.]

Gotta wonder how personal it is when you only appeared on the scene not too long ago.

[it's surprising how many people would.]

Hah. Been following my career? I'm flattered.

[Don't get him wrong, he knows his father is good at his job. It's just he's an awful human being]

Considering you've been going out of your way to torment my family? Don't be.

I don't care about my father. I don't want him dead, but I don't care. My little brother though? You leave him alone, my sister too. I already lost one brother. I don't care that my quirk is weak, or that I'm untrained. Go after him and I will end you.

[ And awful human beings shouldn't be revered as heroes, it's really a quite simple ideology. Dabi is fairly simple about a lot of things.

Natsuo is more like the kinda hero the world needs, even if it pisses Dabi off right now. It does something else to his insides too, hearing Natsuo go through his family members like that. Everyone he wants to protect, and the one he couldn't. It's a feeling he doesn't want or need anymore. Something akin to a gut twisting ache and a feeling of guilt.

Not for what he's doing now, but for what he couldn't do back then. ]

Such conviction, Natsuo. You'd do anything to protect them, huh? I'll take that int consideration.

[Well, that's true, but Natsuo won't be able to do anything. Not with how things in Japan works.]

Sure, you do that.

[He glares at Dabi, but can't hide the pain he feels remembering Touya. He had loved his brother so much. And even now, years later, that pain hasn't gone away.]

[ That's the problem with the way things in Japan work, and the villains are going to put an end to that. ]

You might want to warn that little brother of yours, though. If he gets in the way, I'm gonna have to stop him.

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maybe natsuo doesn't know yet, tho?

That's how I usually play it =)

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