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Voice Testing | Setting: Trench

In The City-- a general prompt for anyone at the beach

He didn't know what 'home' was any longer.

Tenya Iida had resided in Trench long enough for the seasons to change-- the heat and coastal humidity of summer had slowed into a brisk fall that had Tenya instinctively looking towards starting a new semester at UA, a continuation of his life, his duties, and his ongoing education to become the Hero that his brother was. Yet, in Trench, Tenya found himself in a rare situation where he could exist by his own terms... as Tenya, not the man who was to become Turbo Hero: Ingenium when he attained his licensure.

It was strange. He wasn't sure how he felt. The only matter he was certain of was that Trench needed more help than was available within the city itself.

... Oh, how his classmates at UA would hardly be surprised if they could see him now.

The little cat that had appeared by his side when he arrived, a calico he had taken to calling Tama after an old Shinto deity of the subways, was curled in the hood of his jacket while he jogged over the shoreline that brisk morning and mused over what had become of his life.

Although his world still needed 'Ingenium'... Trench needed anyone with the will and heart to be a Hero.

Needing A Hero-- A fighting prompt

The Moon Presence was the only sign of hope amid the desolation of the Beast attack that had befallen Trenchwood. Corruption ran rampant through trench, and at times it felt as if the surges rose and fell with the ebb of the tide. Having grown up on an island nation, Tenya was no stranger to the power of the tides-- and it was chilling how chaos rose and fell within that pattern. Speed may have been his gift, but not even he was fast enough to help the architects and agriculture workers from saving their fields.

Fires ate through the crops, and Tenya was taking one last lap around in search of any stragglers. Food was important-- but survival was moreso. Spotting a figure at the far end of the field, he skid to a stop, heels kicking up dust and ash, and frantically sought to get the individual's attention.

"Hey, let's keep moving! It's not worth it to stay any longer!"

He'd carry them out if he had to. No one was going to get left behind

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He'd been on this beach for awhile now himself. Coming and going every so often since he got here. He had chosen to come back to Deerington...Trench...whatever this place was. Why? He's not even sure he could pin down the reason to be honest. Still, this whole place had a whole other gloomy vibe to it with there being no sun.

There's not much to do other than think about if the right choices were made, if even he made the right choices. He supposes at least he knows his choices have all been pretty crap for a long while now. Either way, he's taking the time and the quiet for what it's worth. At least right now there were no monsters.

He had found a large boulder by the water and sat up on it, skipping smaller stones he had collected on the water front. He might've done this for awhile until he heard someone's footsteps approaching. He raised a brow, turning towards the noise before he see's a boy running his way. For a moment, he's quiet as he looks at them confused. He's pretty sure he's not seen this kid before not in Deerington anyways. Was he a citizen?

No. That didn't track either; the guy's clothes didn't look old fashioned like the rest of the people's here. Even he knows he stands out like a sore thumb with how his own clothes didn't match the time period this place seemed to be stuck in. So, he lowers his hands and places them behind himself as he leans back on the boulder to look the other guy over.

"So. Newbie? Veteran? Or am I just hallucinating you?" Great way to start a convo.

Everything about Tenya was impossible to overlook-- from the square cut of his glasses and the still pristine lines of his hair to the solid build that was suited for a lifelong athlete... or a comic book hero. Hearing the question rise over the lull of the surf, he stopped and looked upward at the stranger with a brief look of bemusement on his face.

Newbie? Veteran? He had heard stories, but...

Wiping sweat from his brow, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Hallucination?"

Tama stirred in his hood. With a brief look back to check on her and reassure himself that she was secure, he moved closer to the rock.

"Trust me, I am certainly no hallucination!" Grinning, he couldn't help but hold his hands up-- palms out, fingers a tad too rigid to be normal "It would be a little hard to talk to one, wouldn't it?"

Educated as he was... he had no idea how psychological issues that were independent of the effects of villainy even worked.

He can't help but stare a bit in bewilderment at the pure fact he was seeing someone who looked like the weight of the world had not crushed his spirit. Glitch still kept his own stony, neutral expression not really offering much of a grin their way. It doesn't bother him with the other guy's friendly demeanor but it's telling. He hasn't experienced what this place could be like and that would hit hard quickly.

He does take another look at hos the other guy gestures and...well...robotic would be a good word to use. As for their question, Glitch shrugs slightly. "You would be surprised what this place can do to you. I have had a few conversations with hallucinations but usually it's about how I'm a bad person or how they're miserable or whatever.

You know? Whole guilt trip kinda thing. That or they just try and scare the shit out of you," Glitch answers bluntly. However, he does move off his boulder and steps towards the taller figure. He stops only a foot in front of them and well, gives a good firm poke to Ida's chest.

"Yup. Solid. Okay, you're real," he says though it's more to himself than a direct comment towards Ida himself. Though he does look over to look at the cat popping in and out of the other boy's hood. "You normally drag your pets in your clothes on runs with you?"

His spine unintentionally stiffened when the other teen pressed forward and poked at his chest-- as if in disbelief. Tenya watched quietly and listened, his lips forming a line while his brows lifted in his attentive surprise.

"I'm afraid I'm not going to do anything like that, if that's what you're looking for." He pushed his glasses up and shook his head briefly. "Although... I can--" A quick flash of a toothy smirk graced his face at the thought of playing the villain-- "There's frankly no reason to. I don't know you, or anything about you."

If there was a call for it, however, he would not shirk his duties. Let him be your villain, Glitch...

"Tama-kun here was someone I met not long after I arrived. She.. likes to stay close. I figured that a sweatshirt like this would be safer for her to come along in, rather than just let her sit on my shoulders or try to keep up."

...He could go fast if he wanted, and he wasn't going to leave the cat behind.

A few blinks because well, what was with that grin. He can't help but look a little confused but he decides to brush it off.

"Not really. I've had my fill of being psychologically tortured for awhile. Besides, the town would be losing it's edge if you were to torture me," Glitch remarks with a small shrug. What he means by that? Who knows.
Either way, he shoves his hands in his pockets still looking over the other guy.

There's at least some recognition when he hears that honorific; Usagi had told him it was a thing in Japan. As for the cat though, he finally gives a small nod as the answer satisfied his curiosity enough. "So...you are a new guy. From Japan, yeah? Has anyone filled you in about the place?"

Though, he pauses for a moment before pulling his right hand out of his pocket and offers it towards the taller guy. "Name's Glitch. What about you?"

"I, uh--"

How strange, how uncomfortable. Somehow having someone he didn't know make a judgement like that felt-- strange.

"What does that mean?"

He blustered-- and quickly had the wind taken from his sails with the sudden questions and introduction. Sucking in a breath, Tenya took a moment to grapple with the oddness of introducing himself as merely himself. No one knew his family's name; no one had any expectations.

For once, he felt a little lost.

"Uh, my name is Tenya Iida," He said awkwardly, before giving in to simple politeness and accepting the offered hand of greeting. Everything he knew about this practice was by rote memorization-- it was very Western-- and he punctuated the gesture with a short bow just to help ease his own misgivings.

"And you're quite right, I am from Japan. This town... Trench, right? I've been here long enough to get myself settled, but I haven't had much chance to learn more about the history here. A world without a sun..."

It was almost like a sci-fi flick at the local cinema.

"Huh?" He answers a question with a questioning statement. What did Ida mean by that? There's a moment he's not really sure what to say but; fuck it. He shrugs and in response, "Oh. Just that you're good looking. Can't really torture me with a face like that." Cool, calm. Not even a moment of hesitance because whatever. He's been turned down before and with everything that has happened in Deerington? He's not going to get embarrassed by stupid crap.

However, maybe he should've expected this response after the handshake. A bow soon afterwards. It's nothing that really ruffles his own feathers but he does give the other guy a curious look. He must be one of those easily flustered types....oh boy. If Chloe were still in town? This guy would be easy pickings for tease town from her.

Still, he frowns as Tenya explains and Glitch turns and gestures him to start walking with him. Might as well get some exercise out of this conversation. "Yeah, can't really tell you much about this place other than it's been sorta created by the last place all the Sleepers were in before? It's complicated. Smashing eggs were involved. But, yeah, this place alllllready kinda sucks without the sun," He remarks somewhat tiredly.

Though partway through that thought he does look up towards Tenya. "What do you want me to call you anyways? Tenya? Or Iida? I was told people from Japan usually go by their last name first if you're not friends? Or am I wrong?" Might as well set up the boundaries now before he starts referring him as Tenya.

He was too 'good looking' to be a frightening hallucination. The realization had Tenya frowning in apparent confusion for a moment-- his thoughts halted for an instant before a deep flush started to redden his cheeks. Someone found him attractve. This was not a bad thing, but to have it stated so boldly...

"I-- what?"

There was no hiding the flush on his face while Glitch rattled on. Sleepers and smashing eggs...

And the next question left him further fumbling.

"Well." He began. "We're no longer in Japan, or any world that resembles Earth, correct? I can't help but feel that a classmate of mine had the correct idea for circumstances like this."

He thought of his classmates, and Tsu in particular. Her enviable affability could be summarized with her repeated insistence on being called Tsu-chan. And, in a world without heroes, without anyone with a name like Ingenium, it was entirely possible that Tsu had a point.

Despite his awkwardness, he offered a bright smile.

"Please. Just call me Tenya."

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There's something of a grin on his own face that creeps up on his face seeing Tenya blush. More of the fact he managed to embarrass someone in only a few words because it's not hard to catch onto that. He just smirks and shakes his head before looking ahead.

Maybe he'll push buttons later but for now he'll focus on the actual topic at hand. "Right, Tenya. Good to know. Anyways, just call me Glitch." It's pretty easily said as he keeps walking but for the time being he figures he should at least question this guy a bit more.

"So. Considering I'm your impromptu guide of the history of this place, you have any questions you need answered? Can't say I'll be the best at it but I can try."

He was easily flustered by anything out of the ordinary, particularly when it came to matters of a more personal variety. Being invited to call someone by first name alone-- without even honorifics!-- was something he was going to have to... adjust to.

"Right. Glitch-kun."

Forgive him. It was force of habit. Iida shifted on his feet, contemplating the question as Tama stirred in his hood. She peered over his shoulder at the stranger, whiskers and ears twitching as those bright eyes seemed to study the skinny young man before them. Tenya felt it rather than heard it when she started to purr her approval, her small body's vibrations sending a shudder down his spine. Tenya glanced at her, curious, before stepping closer to Glitch.

"Shall we walk while we talk?"

He asked, wanting both to keep his exercise regimen up and getting to know Glitch and whatever stories he had a little better. There was no reason they couldn't multi-task together.

While they were at it, maybe he could find a meal for them. Glitch seemed a tad to small and skinny to be a peer. Those thin arms and shoulders were worrisome.

He might have come upon a tall figure clad in a black cloak over a long leather robe,
stooped down, pulling a bone-like sword from the body of a Beast. The figure straightens up, wiping the blade clean on a bit of cloth produced from inside its garments. The figure lifts its head, turning toward Tenya, revealing a face like that of a large corvid, though closer inspection reveals it as a mask with eyepieces of tinted glass.

"Still too many Beasts," the figure says in a gruff voice. It turns its face briefly back to the dead Beast before kicking the corpse. "One less to contend with."

"Well, that's what we've been doing," Glitch answers the question as he moves along. His eyes turn to Tama for a moment buried in that hood and well, he just reaches over to give the small cat a scratch under the chin. Just one before he pulls his hand away.

Glitch however did notice how Tenya kept looking at him. It's enough to make him confused if not apprehensive and well, he's never one to hold his tongue. "What? Did I freak you out for calling you hot or something? You keep looking at me like I'm going to die."

"That-- what?"

Tenya was speechless. Glitch's continued insistence that he was attractive and hot was nothing short of Baffling. He was merely showing concern for a neighbor, a fellow denizen from another land--

There was no hiding the way his cheeks reddened from the continued teasing.

"I-- well." He coughed lightly, to buy time. "I was merely thinking how we're getting close to the perfect weather for curry, and how it would be a shame to not share it. Have you ever had curry rice?"

It was an imposing sight amid the destruction-- but Iida knew what mattered. Even in the most dire of straits, it was still the people that were the most important.

This man in a bird-like garment was no exception.

"There's still people we need to defend, more than the fields." He said, all seriousness. "We need people like you."

The corvid-clad stranger emits a soft grunt of agreement. "Let the fire take the damned Beasts," he grumbles and sheaths the sword in a back sheath, leaving it loose for a quick draw. "And you are the one rallying the Hunters to shield the common-folk?"

"I'm just following the others' lead." Iida stated, quickly casting a look over their path-- which stood currently free of flames. "They have more experience, and they know what's at stake better. I'm merely gathering the stragglers."

Man, this guy was sure easy to rile up wasn't he? Either way, he decides not to push it any further for the time being. After all, if he did he may just end up with a potential enemy and well, he doesn't want Maulmageddon 2.0 anytime soon.

However, he does look over with a raised brow and shrugs his shoulders at the offer. "Uh. Nope. Never had it. I mean, I've had rice but not curry. Whatever that is." Still, he looks ahead towards a staircase that would lead back up to the road from the beach as he points over to it. "Supposing your suggesting we get something to eat so I can keep filling you in, right?"

Please, Glitch. The only way to get Tenya that level of angry was to permanently maim his family or friends-- and the odds of that happening in that moment were extremely low.

"You- you've never heard of curry?" He blustered in disbelief, already pulling his hands up. Once more, he felt out of his depth. Whether this was merely a cultural difference or something more, he had no idea, but--

"It's a wholesome and hearty dish beloved by families across Japan!" Tenya explained with impulsive gusto, waving his hands in a chopping motion with each point that was made. "It's simple and easy to make with every day ingredients-- meat, potatoes, carrots, onion-- but it's filling for every lifestyle and perfect for camping, pot lucks, or even as a nightly dinner!"

...He had a great appreciation for the tender, slow cooked vegetables in the rich, spicy and subtly sweet roux. It wasn't beef stew, but very close.

"But-- yes. It's only right to return a favor for a favor, and you are quite nice to have for company."

"Safety in numbers: one of the oldest of humanity's tactics. I may prefer to hunt alone, but times will come when one must forgo one's preferences," the other replies, falling in step with Ilda. He glances about slowly, like a crow keeping an eye out for predators. "Is it known how these fires started?"

"Nope. Kinda had a lot to deal with at home and here to ever even have curry," Glitch answers simply at the other guy's frazzled disbelief. Not much time to really learn to cook in a town that's constantly under threat of horrors or in his own world where food is a nutrition bar. Either way, Glitch does quirk a brow a little at Iida's enthusiasm to the topic.

His first thought is the guy must really like curry; Especially with how sporadically the guy moved his arms around. As for the whole when to eat it, Glitch still raises a brow. "I mean, food is food is food. Does it really matter when you eat it if it tastes good?" A very important question.

Either way-

Nice for company though? He sort of stares a little. "Can I get a recording of that? Mostly because if anyone I told anyone I knew about someone saying that they probably wouldn't believe me." A small joke but hey. He has to poke fun at himself somehow.

After all, he's pretty sure if someone like Ozpin were to hear that he might be skeptical for the briefest of moments. Not unfair, considering Glitch had kicked the man's door down to get him and a giant tin man to sort their feelings out.

He had been about to explain the importance of sharing meals with family and friends, as even the simple concept of connecting with others was core to maintaining proper mental health. But, it was more than that-- personal experience had taught him that there was no shame in relying on others, for matters that were as small as skinning a few bushels of potatoes or as large as saving someone's life. Glitch's surprise, however, earned a flummoxed look from him.

"You're witty, you're honest, you don't play games with what you say..." he counted the ways Glitch was perfectly fine company on his fingers while they walked.

"You might be a tad rough in your manner, but no more than some people in my class at school. That kind of thing is normal for young men like you and I."

Bafflement quickly settled into concern, and Iida shifted his glasses lower to see around the mist that was starting to coat them from the fog that seemed to linger around the town this season. "Why wouldn't people believe that?"

Well. That definitely throws him a little bit. He could almost believe that might be flirting if not for the fact how Iida seemed to be so methodical about his choice of words. He just laughs a little bit and shakes his head. "Well, I'll take it at least. Rough around the edges? Yeah, that fits to a fuckin' T for me," he answers with a small chuckle in his throat.

There's a lot to unpack there in that one question. It feels like he thinks it over much longer than the moment actually does hang in the air. Honestly? He was still trying to wonder why people even wanted to talk to him. This place and people had an effect on him that he never expected. He brings a hand to his blue hair and tucks one of the strands behind his ear before he finally shakes himself from the thought.

"I was mostly joking. I know I'm great company, just some people would definitely joke that I'm not," he says simply with a small shrug thrown in. "Ruby would definitely tease and say I have no sense of what's cool considering I make fun of her superhero comics," Glitch adds as he continues to walk. Better to direct it in that direction he thinks.

"Your friend Ruby has excellent tastes," came Tenya's totally unbiased opinion. "Although I can see why it would be difficult for some people to appreciate. Not everyone can wear a smile in the worst of battles or disasters."

He thought of All Might as he spoke. He thought of Midoriya, and that guy's impossibly bright, hopeful eyes. No matter how hard he tried to keep his own sentiments in check, he knew it was only a matter of time before the helm covering his true feelings was lifted. Scanning the street while they walked, Tenya spotted a promising looking tavern at a nearby corner.

"Why don't we try there?" He asked-- gesturing with his entire hand.

Then:

"Teasing aside, I don't see any reason why anyone should be so hard on themselves."

Tenya spoke carefully, knowing full well that ultimately his opinion didn't matter to someone he had just met.

"Besides. If Superheroes are difficult to look up to, I can probably tell you some stories about Heroes that are far less... Iconic. People following that path and lifestyle are not uncommon on the Earth I'm from."

"My older brother always worked with a team; I wouldn't know what successfully doing 'hunts' alone looks like."

Although he knew that meant nothing to this man who seemed like a wraith, Ingenium and his prolific team that aided with everything from tactics to surveillance were what he knew the best. Iida navigated their way to the Lamp for transit-- wary of everything from beasts to stray flames.

"I'm not certain what caused the blaze, but the others who went ahead said they thought it came with the beasts. That makes it more crucial that we quickly return to town."

If it wasn't one freaky world he was finding himself in, it's another. He finds himself wandering the beach of this new landscape, missing the amenities of normal life. This was new and exciting and all, but there's something about air conditioning that just can't be replaced.

He can see a figure further down the shore, jogging along its edge. Yosuke can't fathom exercising at a time like this, but some people are just real go getters like that. He waves as they approach, grinning at the man.

"Hey! Slow down for a sec would ya?"

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Voice Testing | Setting: Trench

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beach!