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[ Vriska's here, a curled up ball in midair, tangled limbs and hair and her usual air of apathy. Shouto gets a small smile, but that's about it. ]

What are we supposed to do with them once we have them? I don't remember if it said.

[He keeps a careful eye on Vriska but he's nodding along to what Shouto says. To address Vriska though he hums under his breath.]

The thing just said "capture a dozen geese" but it didn't say anything after that. If we're capturing them that probably means we have to take them somewhere else. Capturing them and then letting them go sounds like a waste.

[He manages a small smile back fro Vriska before going back to the problem at hand.]

Usually those kind of quests means we bring them back to the town.

... I guess we're going to have 12 loud geese running around.

[ John don't you give her looks. She feels it, but doesn't look at him, not wanting to tip Shouto off that there's something here to worry about.

The look on her face is unimpressed, but she unfolds herself and stands flat on the ground. ]

Can't be worse than any of the other nonsense you guys have told me about. So, let's get started, I guess?

[#don'ttrustvriska

But anyway, he nods and he gestures for the two of them to follow him, heading for the woods and assuming that the geese are that way.]

If we're dividing them up that's four each. If anything they might be like the other animals here which means they're going to look weird. As long as they are not superpowered geese we should be fine.

[What, why?

That's where everything else they were told to find was, the woods seem as good a place as any. Shouto follows right behind.]

Have you seen any super powered animals around yet?

[ EXCUSE ME #VRISKAISVERYTRUSTWORTHY #FUCKYOU

Anyway. Hands in her pockets she'll follow along after them. ]

No, but it wouldn't surprise me? Even if they did, it shouldn't cause any of the three of us too much trouble, probably. Just be cautious.

[ coming from vriska that's hilarious

but

mostly

she's saying that to john. and this time she look at him.

rather pointedly. ]

[Onward and forward...]

So far I have only seen mutated animals but I wouldn't be surprised either? [He lifts his eyebrows and pointedly ignores that look from Vriska.] I think we have a pretty cautious group so it'll be fine!

[With these famous last words, John heads into the woods with Shouto and Vriska and sticks close.] If they're around we will probably hear them honking. It'll give us an idea of where to go.

I hope none of them are super intelligent. The principal of our school's quirk is like that.

[He goes quiet, listening for the honking. It's faint, but it definitely sounds like they're somewhere ahead of them.]

They don't sound close yet.

[ ha ha har. well, she'll keep them from any total disaster, she thinks. she can do that.

vriska keeps her hands stuffed in her pockets, ambling along slightly behind the other two. ]

This is the lamest adventure ever.

[ like, she's just saying. ]

We'll keep going then. I've been on lamer adventures, like treasure hunting. [It's casual and not serious, mostly throwing shade. He's heading at an even pace, keeping quiet for a second to follow the faint honking.]

What do you mean the principal's quirk is like that? He's an intelligent animal?

You went treasure hunting? [That doesn't sound too bad. The last time he had an adventure it was rescuing one of his classmates. He'd rather not do that one again.]

Yeah. Nobody's sure what kind of animal he is though. He says bear-rat-dog, but he looks like a really big mouse. I think.

Well, you see, really good treasure hunting requires really good company! [ with acid cheer. ... after a beat, more thoughtfully: ] And, like, an actually good treasure.

[ to be fair.

shouto gets a look, because honestly, she is a fucking alien and that sounds weird. ]

Do quirks follow, like, literally any kind of logic or no?

The treasure wasn't that bad. [Says he, who got superpowers from the treasure. The honks are growing a little closer as the group moves.]

Quirks can be just about anything I thought. [He'll let Shouto answer that one.]

[Soon enough they'll be close enough to the honks to start capturing them.] How's this company?

One of my classmates has a birdhead and a sentient shadow demon living inside of him. And the very first quirk was a baby who was constantly glowing. Most of them have some kind of drawback- like Midoriya breaks his limbs a lot because of his.

[ john. she'll pinch you.

actually she'll do that for realsies. not too hard, but enough to be like shut up, smartass. ]

Better, [ she replies, extremely blasé.

Shouto's explanation gets a slightly wide-eyed look. ]

Wow. That ... is the most metal fucking thing I've ever heard, and I have heard a lot of things.

[ the bird thing, the shadow demon thing, or the broken limbs thing?

answer: yes. ]

[He jumps a bit when Vriska pinches him, swatting at her hand a little before floating out of reach and turning his attention to Shouto.]

A constantly glowing baby. [Hm.] Izuku's quirk makes him really strong so that doesn't surprise me, but that's actually really cool? Like being able to be so strong you kick your own ass.

[Homestuck: a canon where destroying yourself is in vogue.] Then again your quirk is cool, too. Same with Momo's and everybody else's. [He opens his mouth to continue, but then there's one loud, singular honk.]

--that way. [A point to the right.]

Please don't encourage him to break his limbs more. He just got it under control a few weeks back. I don't know how to heal bones. [His face scrunches up- there are definitely healers around, but Shouto can't help with that.

Shouto gives a nod and goes straight to whispering.]

Try to sneak up on it?

... yeah, but.

[ but being so strong you literally break yourself into pieces is the coolest fucking thing she has ever heard. what the fuck. that twiggy, stuttering, fluffy ten-alarm dweeb does shit like that? damn.

quietly vriska makes note in the back of her mind to harass izuku about it later.

the loud honk gets her to briefly squeeze her eyes shut, entirely out of slow-growing irritation, and sigh as she leaves both boys standing there whispering at each other and actually tries to approach the stupid thing. ssssneakily. sneakily enough. maybe.

luckily it doesn't seem to notice her! it sure is a fucking turkey, just kind of wandering around doing whatever turkeys do. gobbling? vriska hates it. ]

Haha. Hey John, go get it.

[He seems to know what Vriska's thinking given how she used to talk to him, but he will just...ignore that. Geese are important and the loud honk is weirdly encouraging. On the other hand, she says "go get it" and he looks marginally offended as the three of them come upon one of the geese.]

Wait why me? [But he just makes a face and nods, crouching down low like he's in a secret agent movie and flying close to the ground to sneak up on it.

Granted, the goose must have sensed something because there's an alarmed, irritated honk as it whips its head around, shuffling on six legs and flapping its wings.

A large burst of flame appears and John yelps, dodging to avoid being burned as the tip of his hood catches aflame and said-fireball heads right toward Shouto and Vriska. Someone should maybe stop that?]

[Did... Did the goose just launch a fireball at them?? There's not enough time for being bewildered, so instead he just creates a huge wall of ice- it doesn't fully stop the fireball, but at the very least it manages to slow it down. Time enough to get out of the way.]

Where did that come from?

What the fuck!

[ like Shouto she isn't fully prepared, so the best the both of them can do is just get the fuck out of the way. She'll stare after the fireball for a hot second before making a vague gesture with one hand.

At which point a tree branch above the goose's head will snap, plummet to the ground, conk the goose right on its stupid goose head, and knock it out cold. ]

[The wind blows out the flame and he watches the wall of ice get thrown up. He's already willing Vrillyhoo into his hand to just smack the damn goose, but then a tree branch breaks and there goes the goose.

He just...kind of pauses long enough to stare. He approaches the goose, poking at it with his hammer before he just casually shoves it up into his sylladex.]

Okay. So that was a good warm-up. One down, eleven to go. If we keep going this way I bet we'll find more of them. [He has no idea what to do with fire-breathing geese, someone else please talk now.]

I thought they were normal weird looking geese.

[Turns out that's a definite lie.]

Do you think they all have different powers?

As if anything is normal in this godforsaken fucking shithole town!

[ IRRITATED, DEFINITELY. what if that fireball had singed her hair. WHAT ABOUT THAT, HUH? ]

God. Who knows. Maybe we should just start taking precautions, like knocking all of them unconscious before we get too close? Or whatever. Just incapacitating them somehow!