victory_road | [Closed] Muffled saturday morning cartoon theme in the distance

Who: Izuku Midoriya and Jinx

Where: Olivine

When: Early January

Summary: Izuku and Jinx meet up while Izuku's travel group recouperates from the holidays in Olivine

Rating: PG

Log:

[The past holidays have marked Izuku's very first away from home, and honestly? So much has been going on outside of the festivities that it sort of passes by in a blur. Between the situation with Katsuki, and the flurry of secret gift-giving via the Delibird, it's nice to just be somewhere for a while. The travel train had been non-stop until Katsuki's recent return home had put on the breaks until further notice, making it more of a necessity than anything, but Izuku realized once they'd been there a while that they probably all needed a breather. Even Katsuki, who had been getting huffy about being forced to rest even just moments after he'd woken up.

Inbetween all of that, though, Izuku had somehow found the time to gather presents for as many people as he could afford to. All of his classmates were included of course, but a few that he'd met during his tenure in Johto had made the list as well. Including a particular someone he hasn't gotten to speak to in person for some time that had arranged to meet up while Izuku was still in town. Thank god for the warps, really.

While the Pokecenter was an ideal place for them to meet up straight away, Izuku had opted instead to wait for her at one of the seaside cafe's. It's a bit chilly to be at an outdoor cafe, but Olivine was still one of the warmest climates people could retreat to in the winter, so it's not as bad as it could be. That, and this particular establishment had a few fire-type Pokemon assisting in keeping things warm, such as the litwick and lampent occupying each table. Izuku...kindof could almost blend in with the Eevee in his lap currently with the winter-gear he's decked out in, because it seems like his friends were bound and determined to make sure he looked like an Eevee before they were all done. Even the hood of his jacket has ears on it...

Well, at least he's hard to miss???]

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It was hard to miss, but... it seemed like you had a lot of pings? Too many cooks and all that.

( and frankly, she wasn't really... allowed to help with that sort of thing, unless it was treating herself. not before this world, anyways. that's just the way it goes. no one wants a jinx making such important health procedures worse, after all.

anyways.

that's... unsettling information. did she get new injuries or anything when she had her... update? not enough to draw panic, apparently, but. hm. maybe she should keep a better eye on her literal mid-war soldier family, in case things happen again. carefully, she pets ranger's head. )

I can imagine. I'm sorry I didn't check up on that sooner. How's everyone holding up?

[Yeah, like...if Izuku's teen-hero squad had that much issue, it's hard to imagine what a mid-war soldier family could be experiencing back home that they just aren't voicing. And while death and the like aren't permanent here, he can't imagine waking up with a life-ending injury is going to be at all pleasant no matter how you're affected by it.]

It's okay, I couldn't have expected you to. I was barely able to keep up with everything else that was going on as it is. Kacchan's doing okay though...he's basically still his normal self.

[You know, being grumpy and hating that he's had to be bedridden even for a few days.]

It kindof did put into perspective for me how quickly things can change, though. It feels like only yesterday that I came here, but...it's almost been a year now.

... Yeah. I felt that. The first day I remember was January first... and now, it's...

( jinx trails off, quiet and lost in thought. ... grief, if izuku can recognize it. for as blank-faced jinx can be, she also wears her heart on her sleeve. she came to this world with a boy her age, just as lost. and now she's still here, and he's not. )

... I'm glad to hear he's doing okay.

[Izuku wouldn't be able to consider himself that good of a friend if he didn't recognize it, especially having known Jinx as long as he has. Perhaps not as long as some others, but...

Well. It feels like it's been...almost forever, somehow.]

Yeah, me too.

[Izuku pauses for a moment, not wanting to just abruptly backflip away from the tension that's been generated but instead allowing it to settle for a moment before he speaks again.]

It also made me realize that I should be more thankful for the friends I have here. Not just from home, but people like you, Dimitri-san, Louie-kun...it's not just Kacchan who could go home and have something scary happen to him.

[He doesn't know the ins and outs of the lives of everyone here, after all. He can only speculate...and some are definitely harsher than most.]

Mm. Yeah. ... Someone important to me went back and... I just realized I have no idea what he's going to be in for. I know a little about his history, but he was more of an in-the-moment type, y'know? We didn't talk about home.

( they were lupical, so they focused on the immediate future for the most part- aside from a long-since-abandoned plan to spend the winter in the tropics. she hasn't touched the savings for that yet. )

He's tough, and smarter than people give him credit for so I want to believe he'll be okay. But... there's no knowing, is there? Not unless he comes back.

But now it's like... what if you're gone one day? Or Dimitri and Felix?

[...oh. Izuku...hadn't thought of that. Like, it's a thought he's had, but it's also not one he's dwelled on much. It's like obsessing over something bad potentially happening but not knowing if or when it will ever come. There's no point in wasting the time you could be spending with someone worrying when they might disappear...

But having dealt with it so recently means that Izuku can't just ignore it anymore.]

I know. Even if you know they're strong enough to make it on their own, it's hard not knowing. Having to go back to a life that's worse than one here is no better.

[Even if you're not...you know, dead.

Izuku leans back a bit in his chair, toying with the zipper on his jacket.]

I miss home, don't get me wrong. But Johto has become kindof...a second home in a way.

( it is. it really is- but unfortunately, jinx is bad luck. she has to expect and anticipate the worst, and even if her magic is shut off in this world, a lifetime of training and overthinking doesn't go away. what if, what if, what if? ... )

I don't ever want to go back. And I don't want to lose anyone else, either. Maybe it's selfish.

( she's a hero now. izuku is too. dimitri, claude and felix are nobility, in the middle of a war. and yet... she glances off to the side, taking in the cold scenery. she's always been a selfish, greedy girl. this is no different. )

It's not selfish.

[The words leave his mouth before he can stop them, but...it's true. Or, well...Izuku doesn't think it's so bad to be selfish, in this context. Because sure, maybe at its root it is...but it's not a bad thing.]

I don't want to lose what I have here either, as much as I miss my family and friends back home. And I wish there was some kind of way that the two could just be...

[He puts his hands together, twisting his fingers idly.]

Together. People in my world are capable of making so many unbelievable things happen...so two universes existing at the same time isn't such a far off idea.

It's... pretty common, back home. People crossing timelines, different universes, pocket dimensions... Like, it's not. Happening every month but it's happened enough times that you learn to just roll with it.

( but for the first time in her life she has a choice in what she wants to be. if the two worlds were to bridge somehow- she'd have to go back to "jinx the new hero" and "jinx the former thief" and just- ugh. maybe for izuku it'd be better. maybe not. )

... Sorry, I know this all sounds. A lot.

[It's hard to say, really, without it actually happening. And Izuku isn't really sure if he wants to test that theory just now.]

No, it...it's okay. I mean...I really don't mind talking about it.

[It IS a lot, but it does also make sense that it's coming up. It's been a while since they've seen each other, so naturally things are just coming to the surface that probably would have eventually.]

It's just a little...sad, I guess. It feels like you can never really feel like you're having any peace.

[Closed] Muffled saturday morning cartoon theme in the distance

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