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Posted: April 6th, 8:00 AM
From: Aidos

Has anyone seen the shinki Bakugou Katsuki? His shinki name is Shouki (勝), and He was here until about two days ago, and it's not like him to disappear without saying anything. I called him Kacchan, but he'd probably shout if anybody else used it.

Please let me know if you've seen him.

Thank you.

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[As soon as that post is up, Izuku can be found out on the city streets trying to figure out where his childhood friend went.

He died. There's no way that he went home- if he did then... then there's nothing waiting for him there. Izuku is understandably worried and chewing at his thumbnail as he considers where he could have gone off to.

Due to his distraction, he has no clue about the huge salamander-like ayakashi who's following after him and mumbling about how good he smells.]

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Not like -- this we're not.

[Axel skids to a stop, fire already building up around both of his hands as he scowls at the salamander leaping after them.]

You're gonna have to name me! We can't take it out otherwise!

[Axel's right. He can tell that easily enough. They need each other right now and it's their only option. They aren't going to out run the salamander when it's chasing them so intently.

What does he think of when he thinks of Axel? Fire, fighting, a partner.

Warmth 暖.

He writes it onto the air, letting it hang for a moment before it presses onto Axel's right hip.]

Danki!

[Axel dissolves in a sudden flash of light as the name impresses itself onto his skin, and reforms in Deku's hand as a chain whip, with red and black leather wrappings crossing the handle and a sharpened metal point glinting at the end of the segmented chain.]

Go for it! We can take this thing.

[He doesn't know what this form can do: it's new and strange, but as far as Axel's concerned, as long as he's got at least one sharp and pointy bit, the objective is clear. You make sure that part gets up close and personal with the enemy.]

[He takes a second to spin the chain and get used to the weight of it. Alright, chain whip with a blade, he can work with this.

It's... not what he's used to, but he can work with this. He'll throw Axel's blade at the salamander ayakashi- it embeds into the thing's 'flesh' and he'll start pulling.]

Think it's working?

You know, I think it is.

[Axel feels the edge of his whip bite deep into the creature's flesh, and it roars, lashing sideways. Its teeth grind together on the metal of the chain, and he laughs silently.]

Ha, keep trying, lizard! Come on, Deku. Give that thing another shot.

[He'll yank the chain back, and have to quickly duck out of the way when the blade swings back at him.

He might have his physical abilities enhanced, but it doesn't do anything about his lack of skill with weaponry.]

Sorry, I'm not used to weapons.

[But it only takes him another moment to recover and swing the blade back at the salamander, slowly getting used to the heft and weight of the chain and blade, and managing to pierce the ayakashi's skin.]

You're going to have to get used to them! Maybe I can help--

[How, he's not sure. It's not as if he can just yank the hilt of the chain out of Deku's hands and go trailing around on his own. As Deku throws him this time, he tries to reach out, and radiates startlement as his chain lengthens and whips out to wind around the ayakashi's body as the blade bites into its flesh.]

Uh, okay, I think I've got it.

[He's obviously startled, but he doesn't let go of the handle, watching the chain extend- that's... weird?

He's pretty sure that's weird, at least.]

What was that?

I tried to grab it and that happens. Guess that's what I do!

[It's not a bad power. The ayakashi is struggling against his chain, but Axel can feel it staying secure. For now.]

I think I can drag it over here if you want.

[That's certainly useful, especially when it comes to combat.]

Pull it over and we'll destroy it.

[They'll just need to rend it into pieces, right?]

Done.

[Axel's chain rattles loudly and draws tight, straining against the ayakashi's flesh and pulling it forcibly down from its perch on the lamppost. The metal of the lamppost bends with a screech that has heads turning up and down the street, and Axel grits his teeth.

Or does something that kind of feels, to him, like gritting his teeth. Insubstantially. The salamander's grip on the lamppost weakens and it hits the ground with a massive, wet thwack!]

[Now that it's close enough he'll pull Axel all the way back to him, one hand closer the the blade and slash the ayakashi into a dozen little pieces, watching the thing explode and melt away.]

Done.

Thank you, Axel.

My pleasure. You're picking it up quick, huh?

[The chain coils down from the handle, and Axel shivers the last bits of ayakashi goop off his links. Yeah, Deku's a good partner, he thinks. He'd guessed that back when they'd first met, fighting those weird patterned ayakashi, but it's nice to have it confirmed.]

Think there's any more out there?

Pretty sure you're helping me along.

[It's easy working with Axel- but he usually has a relatively easy time working with most people. It only makes sense that it would extend to shinki partnerships as well.

He pauses and considers it.]

I don't think there's anything as big, but there are always plenty of smaller ayakashi around. Do you have anywhere to be?

No place in particular. Want to go get some of the tricky bits worked out? This is a weird weapon.

[And if they're going to be working together, it's better for Deku to have some practice. He considers the boy. Determined, powerful, stubborn, generous: he's a good kid. He'll be a decent god to have.]

By the way, ground rules. You need me, call. If I'm not busy with something else, I'll come. I might be, though, so don't wait until the last minute, got it?

Yeah, I'll need some practice using you like this.

[He's been a hand to hand fighter for as long as he's trained, really. Weaponry is strange for him. So it's probably going to take a bit before he's really comfortable swinging one around.]

I'll keep that in mind. I'd like to meet your God sometime though. Just so we all know what's happened.

Which one?

[There you go, Deku. Nice and blunt. He's not just your nora here.

He considers the street around them. Nothing visible.]

Try that building to the left.

[It looked big, business-y and generally like the kind of place that might bring in plenty of bad feelings. Or maybe that was just how Axel felt about business.]

[Somehow he doesn't feel very surprised.]

All of them.

[He'll follow the advice and step into the building, scanning it for any ayakashi.]

Feel anything?

[All of them? Axel winces, internally. He's really going to have to talk to Pippa about this. Fast. Everybody else's known, since they had to give him the name, anyway. There just hasn't been a great time to talk about it.]

Not yet. I don't seem to get any sense of them when they're around unless I spot them. What about you?

It's the same way for me.

I wonder if anybody has a sensing power.

[He'll start walking around the building, careful not to run into anybody. People might ignore them, but he's still pretty sure they can be felt.]

Sure, there's probably somebody.

[And Axel ought to figure out who it is, so he can drag them along the next time he's out on a monster-finding mission.

Something moves in an upper corner of one of the hallways, and Axel's chain jolts with a clank.]

Hey, over there! Down the hallway on the left!

[He'll run the direction Axel's given him.

It's a long, winding centipede, long enough that it seems to go for an entire meeting room. Deku can't quite repress the shudder and the thought of "Gross".]

Let's get rid of this.

[He gives Axel another twirl before throwing him into the ayakashi's body with enough force to lodge him there.]

[The chain soars neatly toward the centipede thing, but as the blade bites into its body, it lashes around, curling up into a massive coil that sends the chain flying off sideways and crashing through a fluorescent light housing.]

Shit! Sorry.

[No one'll notice, right? That it's suddenly raining fragments of plastic and glass? It's subtle.]

[No. No, people have definitely noticed.

It's very, very hard not to notice something like that. He's fairly certain the officer workers are evacuating the room because of the sudden (to them) hail of danger.]

We're getting used to each other.

Do you think you can wrap around it so we can take it outside?

I can try.

[The blade's still embedded in the ayakashi's body, and so Axel tenses, chain lengthening and whipping out in a loop.]

Give me a swing so I can get a hold on it!

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