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[mightdoriya]

[It could have all been a dream, given the way Izuku wakes up in a bed that isn't his own. It could also very well be the hospital- a fact that wouldn't have been surprising- but the stark lack of a sterile atmosphere leads him to believe otherwise even as he sits up with a start. His heart is hammering in his chest and between his ears with such ferocity that believing this is anything but reality would be difficult...

He isn't afforded much time to collect himself, because someone has noticed he's awake and immediately lept up onto his chest to greet him, his fluffy tail wagging excitedly.

Okay, maybe this is a dream after all.

Everything happens pretty quickly after that. Your usual fair of arrival: Izuku's "mom" comes in the room upon hearing his Eevee chirp at him, ushering him up-and-at'em even as he's stammering questions and trying (and failing) to get her to give him a straight answer. She is in fact not even remotely his mother but she doesn't seem to know that or care, and before he's able to get a word in edgewise he's out the door with a bag over his shoulders. Eevee had taken advantage of the chaos to climb up Izuku's back, sitting pretty on his shoulder as if he belongs there. So what does Izuku do? Well...

He starts to walk, hoping he'll be able to come into a town and maybe someplace more familiar than the route ahead of him. ...only for a Pineco to drop from a tree and attack both him and his Eevee pretty much immediately. It's a pretty sudden and surprising introduction to Pokemon battling before he's even finished reading up on it, leaving him to find a tree to sit down under for a while before anything else can happen. He has the PokeGear, so let's just try to contact someone. Anyone.]

Hello? I don't know if anyone can hear me on this, but it's worth a try...

[He pauses as Eevee pushes his head into the screen's view, hello he's here too.]

My name is Midoriya Izuku. I'm not sure what's happened, but I'm really not where I'm supposed to be right now. My only guess is this all is due to the effects of a Quirk, but I don't remember anything that could have lead to that.

[Unless Shigaraki had some tricks up his sleeve he really wasn't prepared for. Doesn't explain how his injuries have ceased to exist, either.]

I've been reading the guidebook, but it's really just giving me more questions than answers. Not only that, the pet the lady had in her house where I woke up followed me outside and I can't get it to go back home to her. She won't answer the door now so I'm not really sure what to do about that.

Comments

[epitaffio]

Well, that is weird. Kind of scary, too... but I'm guessing people are used to that sort of thing, huh?

[mightdoriya]

By now they are. You usually expect children to start manifesting their Quirks around the age of four, so parents these days know when to start looking out for it. It's usually pretty hard to miss since they can be really...hard to control when you're that young.

[epitaffio]

[His eyes widen. Depending on just how strong these "Quirks" can get, it certainly sounds like four years old might be way too early for them to manifest...]

It's amazing to think you could even get used to something like that... At least from my point of view!

[mightdoriya]

[Oh it absolutely is. And since young children are acquiring stronger Quirks by the generation, it's an actual real concern their society is facing right now. It's just not something talked often about since having a strong Quirk is looked on so highly.]

I bet so. I think things were probably very different for my parents when they were my age...and for their parents too. It's gotten to a point where someone not having a Quirk is an anomaly.

[Funny, that.]

So...coming to a place where no one has any sort of abilities at all is...still taking some getting used to.

[epitaffio]

[Now that's strange to think about. Stand users have been one of Passione's greatest assets since the beginning, a definite edge over any and all enemies. Imagining a society where powerful abilities are the norm, rather than the ace up one's sleeve...

Well, Doppio is sure the Boss would have still been able to come as far as he has. Even among stand users, King Crimson is unbeatable.]

Oh yeah, this must be weird for you. But... Pokémon kind of have abilities like that, even if nobody else does!

[mightdoriya]

They do, don't they? I guess that makes up for where any of us who had special abilities before are lacking.

[It's a lot less...abnormal for Izuku specifically, but only one person here knows about that.]

What's your name, by the way? I wouldn't mind talking more about powers from home any time you'd like.

[epitaffio]

Sure! That sounds like fun.

[He's not sure how much more useful info he'll get on the subject, but... who knows? Maybe they've only just scratched the surface of the similarities and differences between their worlds...]

I'm Doppio.

[mightdoriya]

It's good to meet you, Doppio-san. Have you been here for very long?

[epitaffio]

Um... Let me think. What month was it when I got here, September? That sounds about right...

[It was late August, but hey.]

It's really weird, because it was April back where I came from.

[mightdoriya]

[September may as well be more August in the world we currently live in lbr]

Oh yeah, I know how you feel about that...it's definitely not supposed to be this late in the year yet as far as I remember.

[But you know, things happen, time is wonky.]

[epitaffio]

Really? Then I guess the year was just getting started for you!

[mightdoriya]

Yeah. It sure does feel weird to jump around like I have, but I guess I'll just have to get used to it.

[Could be worse!]

I'm just hoping that if I do end up going home, I stay there...some people say you can come back with new memories.

[epitaffio]

Oh yeah... I've heard that too.

[Like, apparently Steven was gone for years? Except it was only like a week here? How.]

But I've also heard you go right back to the point in time you came from! Now that's a relief.

[mightdoriya]

[HOW...]

It really is...people have been saying the best thing to do while you're here is to just try to enjoy it, even if you're not home. So...I'm going to try.

[epitaffio]

That's the spirit!

[Relax and take your time, or find a goal to pursue... Either works, when being trapped here doesn't make much of a difference in relation to what happens back home.]