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April Quests

Who:
Quest 1: Shouto, Keith, Mysterion
Quest 2: Shouto, Izuku Midoriya, Yuuya Sakazaki
Where: The well -> The forest
When: 4/3
What: Quest Log
Warnings: Taking out a wolf tooth

[Shouto's where he said he would be. He's in his hero outfit, which really just looks like a janitor's uniform with a few extras strapped on for good measure. But he's just gotten his new clothes, he'd rather not have to go scavenging for new ones.

He's scanning around for Mysterious and Keith... only to realize he has no idea what Keith looks like. It's such an obvious oversight...]

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[And then all the pieces of cloth are secured! Yuuya will keep a few tucked under his wing, so he can hand them as he flies if need be.]

Ready as we'll ever be. You make sure to touch the trunks, Midoriya. I'll see if brushing a wing against the leaves themselves does anything.

[And they can both keep an eye out for anything that may give them a clue to the mysterious golden leaf.]

Got it. [With some scraps tucked into his pocket for easy access, Izuku shoulders his backpack.

And off they go! When they reach the edge of the forest, Izuku reaches out to brush a hand over the nearest tree. There's no reaction, as far as he can tell as he squints up at the leaves, so he ties a scrap of fabric to a branch.]

That's...one down. [And who knows how many more to go.]

... Do you want me to hold the backpack?

[Because he feels like he's not doing very much here. At the very least he can be a pack mule.]

[There's a rustle as Yuuya makes sure his wing solidly smacks the mess of leaves. It accomplishes nothing but making of a few of them fall off and drift lazily to the ground.]

[One down!]

[He doesn't have a comment on Shouto's relative usefulness or uselessness though. It's not up to him if he carries something or not. And he didn't even ask in a way he could tease him for! Boring.]

I've got it, Todoroki-kun. [Izuku smiles at him before tugging the strips of cloth out of his pocket and presses them into Todoroki's hands.]

Why don't you tie the fabric on the branches? [There. Now all three of them are involved!]

[He gives a nod and pulls out one of the scraps to tie around the tree they've just touched.]

I don't think it would be this close to the edge of the forest. That would make it easier.

That's a fair point. [And as they get further out, well. They'll encounter... something. With these two, he's not as worried as he would be going solo. There's something like prior experience here. It was easier to get information when someone had a fair idea already.]

Still, there's no point in missing any along the way. It'd be short-sighted.

[tap, tap, tap the leaves...]

I think so, too. [Izuku's hand touches another tree's grey bark as they walk--so to speak.]

It's better to be thorough the first time than have to go back and search for something you might have missed.

That's fair.

[He wraps cloth around the trees as they go.]

It'd be easier if we had more to go off of than retrieve a golden leaf. At least it's straightforward.

Well, I hardly think our forum friend has easiness in mind!

[There's definitely nothing that stands out in the trees as a golden leaf. He'd considered a few alternate interpretations that might work but none seemed surefire. Although maybe if he'd figured something else he would feel more confident about it.]

I wonder, though, if the leaf has any properties that makes it useful or if this is just some fetchquest.

[Izuku keeps half an eye on the trees he's touching along the way and half on the path before them for any surprises.]

Think it'd be too much to hope it has medicinal properties? Even with all the healers we have in town, it'd be useful to have something all of us could give as first aid.

[At this point, he's a little more realistic in terms of what to expect, but he can't help but hold onto that sliver of optimism anyway.]

It's more likely to be edible. If it has a color right now, it's something that has taste.

... I wouldn't try eating it though. We have to bring it back.

By that logic, Todoroki, you're saying we're just as edible. [WHICH IS... TECHNICALLY TRUE... BUT...]

Just because something has taste doesn't mean you should eat it. Medicinal properties would be nice. [Hm.]

Maybe it will spread its golden color to something else in town?

That would be nice, too. [Izuku smiles as he continues purposely brushing his hand along the trees they pass.]

Even though some of the color is already started to return, most of this place is still so gray and cold-looking.

We probably are edible but that would be gross. [He doesn't want to eat anybody who's sentient. That sounds awful.]

I miss seeing a colorful sky.

I wonder what it would count as... The sun isn't really yellow but would that count? [Maybe getting back the sunset? Well, that would require the work of a red, as well...]

There are plenty of gardens in Flavo. Maybe some flowers will regain their color. More food would be the best result, I feel, there's just something to be said for the effect of freshly bloomed flowers.

[... or, well, flowers besides dandelions. Those had mysteriously grabbed their color back along with the food.]

Technically... [Izuku pipes up, in a tone that Todoroki's probably familiar with by now.] None of the objects we're seeing are actually the color we think they are--that's just the kind of light being reflected back at us.

[He quiets down for a moment, then quickly adds when he remembers he was actually in the middle of a conversation.] Ah! But if we're talking about traditional colors, then the sun would probably be yellow and orange.

I wouldn't mind having more food choices, even if having color in the flowers would really make this place look more welcome.

You're good at retaining information like that. Did you like science more than other classes?

The sun is usually that color in photographs of it, at least.

... There's not a lot of variety, but food is food.

That's very true but this place may not function in accordance with the laws of science.

[So, there was a presented microcosm between Midoriya's and Todoroki's answers: it's not technically yellow, versus "it looks yellow."]

So that begs the question, does it work based on the science or based on how we perceive things? Two people can see the same object as very different colors, after all.

Not more than the other classes, but most times, I just end up remembering information like that if I thought it was interesting. [Izuku looks up at the trees while they walk, mouth pursed as he thinks.]

I think it could be what we perceive the colors as. This whole place seems to operate on magic, or something along those lines, so the laws of science might not even apply here.

[At this point, Izuku's lost track of how many trees they've touched between the two of them. But, suddenly, as he touches the bark of another greyish tree, Izuku thinks he sees something tinted yellow-golden out of the corner of his eye. He stops in place and turns toward it, but the change in angle makes him lose whatever had caught his attention just now.]

Wait, I thought I just saw something. Um, a couple trees down that way?

So there might be some kind of barrier between the real color and the way we perceive things.

Did you?

[Shouto looks over at the direction Midoriya points towards.]

I can't see anything.

[Except for gray. Lots and lots of gray.]

[Yuuya turns his head, briefly hovering in the air while he considers it.]

... let me get a closer look. [He swoops that direction, a little, until the glint catches his eye as well.]

Would you look at that! [Despite the fact Todoroki clearly can't.] It's very faint but it's there. That wasn't quite what I was expecting at all!

... ah, and I've lost track of it. At least, when we get closer, it should be easier to pin down.

[Izuku doesn't need to be told twice. Quickly, he starts heading in that direction, too, after checking that Todoroki's still following him.]

It was around here... [He squints up at the trees as he walks, hoping to catch a glimpse of the golden tinted leaves again.]

Oh! There it is! [This time, Izuku manages to pinpoint the tree and stops in front of it, reaching up on tiptoes to pull a leaf from a low branch.]

[Shouto looks completely puzzled about the leaf Midoriya pulls.

It still seems gray to him, but if Midoriya thinks it's gold then it probably is.]

... How can you tell?

[Yuuya and Midoriya can look at this single, nondescript leaf with all the confidence in the world.]

It's subtle but it's there. Sort of like catching the slightest hint of a rainbow off an oily puddle, you know?

[There is no such glimmer so it's hard to tell if Yuuya's actually trying to help or just pulling his leg.]

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