Event Nine.

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Thus, on Life’s gloomy sea, Heareth the marinere Voices sweet, from far and near, Ever singing in his ear, “Here is rest and peace for thee!”

t's a dark night, and the sounds of feet in the darkness are further dampened and hidden by even more magic, as they are lured away by the soft sounds of dreams that are too good to be true, leaving the Town much, much emptier than when it began. On one side, an island, and a ticking clock to a gruesome death. On the other, the slow realization that those bonds everyone has been forging might mean much, much more than they first thought. Welcome to Awash's ninth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to start your own posts or logs for this event as well. If there are any questions, please ask them here. Please be sure to very clearly mark where your characters are in your prompts, so people know which they can tag depending on which group they are in. Thank you!

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[unghost]

Yes. I'm not human, my kind are born like this.

[ They'd love to elaborate, but this probably isn't the most ideal place to do it. What the other says makes sense, so they continue retreating further away from the craggy shores, farther up on the rocky hills that make up this island. ]

I don't know if it'll be worth it for them to follow if we go far enough away. [ The sirens at least seem to be arguing about it— it's not like they are adapted to maneuver on this terrain. It's a lot of work for one meal. ] I guess that's what that song is for.

[ Maybe covering their ears is the best solution to their problems. ]

[glaciers]

Your kind?

[Away from the shore they go then. The hills aren't the best place either, he thinks he saw something try to attack. But for now it's the best they've got.]

Maybe they'll dry out before they get to us. [He can hope, even if he sounds doubtful. They've clearly got a way to make charm people into becoming food.]

[unghost]

I don't think we'll have to worry about that...

[ When they get to a height that's a bit too far for the sirens to feasibly chase them to, two of them slither back into the water while one keeps watch on the pair. Well, there's nothing that can be done about that, they suppose— they'll just have to watch to make sure they aren't ambushed from another side of the island, or something equally ridiculous. Cairngorm doesn't relax even a fraction, still staying protectively close to the other. ]

Well, whatever. There's no point in trying to guess their plan. [ Now that they have a beat to study him, they're picking up on all the little details that make him unique from the other humans they've seen. ] I'll be honest with you and say I'm not really that familiar with fighting those sorts of things.

[ They shoot him a questioning glance, wondering if he has any experience. ]

[glaciers]

[Shouto peers over them, watching as the siren dives back down. That takes care of that... for now, anyway. At least they have a little bit of breathing room to work around. Though the island doesn't exactly inspire confidence.]

I've never fought fish demons either. One of my classmate's has a power called "frog". But it's not the same thing.

[unghost]

"Frog"?

[ Thankfully, they've learned abstractly what a frog is from fairytales (they actually appear pretty commonly...), but the rest of his sentence kind of throws them for a loop. The fish demons will have to wait until they get a clarification on the other's skills. ]

You're one of those humans with special abilities, then.

[glaciers]

Yes. Asui's power is that she has all the abilities of a frog.

[Asui Tsuyu, quirk: Frog. She can do anything a frog can do.

It's very broad for a quirk.]

Mine is creating and controlling ice and fire. It's... difficult to do it on this island.

[unghost]

[ They nod, accepting his alleged abilities quite easily. They've met a lot of strange people with strange powers, so it's not too hard to believe that someone would be capable of this. ]

Yes, I heard from someone else that abilities are weakened here, for whatever reason. [ They don't look at him while they speak, preferring to keep their eye on the cold waves. ] Do you feel anything else wrong with your condition?

[glaciers]

[The fact they don't look at Shouto doesn't bother him at all. While he shakes his he also vocalizes it.]

Not really. I'm hungry and tired, but I don't think that has anything to do with this place.

[There's not a lot to eat. The creeping paranoia that the sirens will sing somebody else to the ocean also makes it hard to sleep.]

[unghost]

...I guess you would be. There's not much consumable here for you.

[ There's just...rocks. And more rocks. They haven't exactly been seeing many humans take to liking salt water, so they're assuming it must be bad for them somehow. ]

You can eat fish, can't you?

[glaciers]

Yeah, usually they need to be cooked or cleaned.

... But it's probably fine. This is an emergency situation. I have to eat something eventually.

[He can't just sit here and starve to death. Not after he told Izuku he wasn't allowed to die.]

[unghost]

...I don't know anything about that, [ They're genuinely under the impression humans just heat up food because it tastes better that way. ] so you'll have to deal with it.

[ They cast their gaze back to the water, watching for any movement of the waves that would indicate that there are sirens nearby. ]

But I could help you catch one. I was helping someone else with it earlier.

[glaciers]

I guess crystal doesn't need to eat- do you have organs?

[He feels like that's a no, but now he's curious.]

I can char it if you can get one.

[It'll just be hard with the way this island seems to dampen all of his powers. Wow. he hates it.]

[unghost]

No, I don't have organs. All I need is sunlight.

[ So they don't mind forking over whatever fish they find! It's been quiet over there by the water for a while, so they don't feel as nervous as they had when they initially moved up to this higher ground. ]

You're going to be fine up here? I'd tell you to come near the water, but they'll probably immediately go for you.

[glaciers]

Like a plant?

[Shouto'll settle himself so he can look out into the ocean- which is everywhere. He can see it wherever he turns. It's awful.]

I'll be fine. I can survive being up here for a while.