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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[inheritance]

[Izuku does the same, with a relieved sigh as he sprawls out on the mattress. It's been a difficult week, but at least the nauseating feeling from before has essentially faded.

And Shouto, Ochako, and the others are back. That's the most important part.]

Home. [He echoes, scooting closer to Shouto.]

[glaciers]

[He turns so he can loop an arm around Izuku. It's been too long since he's been by his side. Time to make up for all the cuddling he lost out on.]

Will you tell me what happened here?

[inheritance]

Of course. [Izuku carefully turns over so he can face Shouto properly, and then tucks his head under Shouto's chin.]

What did you want to know?

[glaciers]

[Having Izuku here feels like he's being completely grounded. Everything happened but he can steady himself when Izuku is right here in his arms.]

What happened while I was gone? Were you okay?

[inheritance]

[His first instinct is to reassure Shouto, brush off any troubles so that Shouto doesn't have to worry about what happened on his end on top of the Sirens. That thought quickly gets brushed aside; Izuku knows that that's the last thing Shouto would appreciate, after everything else.]

We weren't...attacked or anything. After the sirens took you guys, things were quiet here. [He trails off now, voice growing quieter.] Most of us got really sick, though.

[glaciers]

[Izuku's growing to know him better these days. He'd be upset if the truth was brushed aside for an easy lie. He pulls Izuku closer to him, doing his best to reassure him that he's not going anywhere now.]

... Was it because we were gone?

[inheritance]

I think so. It got worse the longer you guys were missing.

[There's no resistance from Izuku when Shouto pulls him closer, appreciating the closeness after the separation and worry. Silently, Izuku slips his hand under Shouto's shirt, pressing his palm lightly to Shouto's skin. That, too, is a reassurance that Shouto's here with him again.]

What about you? What happened when the sirens took you?

[glaciers]

[Part of him wants to push it further, but the rest of him is just too exhausted to do more than lie here and cuddle.

So he'll let Izuku touch him and close his eyes.] They didn't make it easy for anybody, did they.

The sirens fought over who got to eat us first.

[inheritance]

[Izuku's hand twitches against Shouto's back as those words process. If they'd been any later... something really could have happened to Shouto and the others.]

...I'm really glad you're safe. I thought, after so many days had passed...

[He trails off, just tucking his face into Shouto's neck.]

[glaciers]

[He feels like he's stressing Izuku out more. But at the same time... he can't lie to him. That's what happened when he was on the island.

Emotions are hard for him, he can rarely put a name to them. Izuku always seems to be the one who's in touch with that sort of thing.]

... I'm glad you're okay too. And... I'm still here. You don't have to worry.

[inheritance]

Can't help it. [His words are muffled against Shouto's neck, though he doesn't pull away at all.]

You worried about me when I disappeared last time--it's the same thing for me.

[glaciers]

[Izuku's right, of course. Shouto worries every time Izuku gets into trouble and he's hard to settle.

He should at least let Izuku be worried. So he accepts it.]

I don't know if getting kidnapped together would make things better.

[inheritance]

[Good question!! Izuku actually takes a moment to think about this.]

Better...I think. At least I'd know where you are, and we'd have a chance of fighting whatever captured us together.

[He knows that they make a good team, and he trusts Shouto with his life.]

[glaciers]

That place was awful. It was like our powers were hard to access.

[His hand to hand is getting better, but he's still reliant on his quirk.]