event catchall!!!

[boombam]

WHO: Katsuki and CR!
WHAT: Toplevels for the event!!!
WHEN: May 17th and forward
WHERE: Nightwake mostly, probably also at Hijikata/Shoto's home!
WARNINGS: THERES GOING TO BE A LOT OF BLOOD IN THIS LOG!!! Katsuki's being turned into a vampire, and there'll be lots of other vampire shenanigans so a lot of blood sucking and injuries of that nature!! Also swearing.

[All starters will be in comments below! If you want a toplevel, feel free to hit me up with a PM, at my discord (dynaamight) or plurk zombrains!!]

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[boombam]

[Katsuki perks up a little bit when Hijikata asks that question, seemingly a little excited that Hijikata recognized the necklace.]

Oh, uh... yeah. He gave it to me for my birthday.

[Katsuki sits up a bit, so he can hold the pendant in his hand.]

He told me to keep it safe, so I'm keepin' it on my person as much as I can. Which I guess is a good thing, 'cuz it'll come in handy with the power out.

[Even though he's completely forgotten that it illuminates flowers until this very second. He's been so busy with everything else... he'll have to give it a try after they're done bathing. Katsuki doesn't particularly need the light anymore, but it could be comforting in a time like this.]

[mayoninofukucho]

Shoto-kun doesn't leave anything to chance.

[His smile lingers as he remembers how diligently his then-squire prepared for quests and other missions, ensuring they'd have enough healing items and other useful things with them... it made a life-saving difference more than once.

But he can't keep procrastinating through these reminiscences, so he lets out a gentle sigh and starts asking the necessary questions.]

You had a shit time out there too, didn't you? I knew you'd be unable to stay cooped up in here with chaos raging outside. I wouldn't have managed either. It's human nature, isn't it? We want to apply ourselves.

[More likely, it's just them being reckless fighty bastards, but it amounts to the same difference!!]

How'd it go, Katsuki-kun?

[boombam]

[Katsuki was starting to smile as well, thinking about Shoto and his over-preparedness. If Katsuki was in Ellipsa all by himself, he'd probably be useless he thinks. Shoto has been so helpful ever since arrived, he can't imagine living here without him honestly.

That smile, though, fades when he's asked about what happened. And accurately pinpointed for growing too antsy to stay at home. And he sinks into the water again.]

...I wanted to help. I can provide a lotta light with my Quirk, so I thought that I could at least be useful enough to walk people home.

[What a stupid idea that was.]

I was wrong. I was really wrong... and I got attacked by a vampire of all fucking things.

[He'll lift and tilt his head a bit to show the two nasty holes in the left side of his neck. Congealed blood keeping them clotted, not that it really mattered if it kept bleeding. He couldn't die by blood loss, now.]

[mayoninofukucho]

[Hijikata nods - it makes sense that Katsuki wanted to make himself useful. He would have done the same in his position. As for the vampire attack... well, by now, since they've been talking, he's seen those fangs even in the weak candlelight.]

You were turned.

[He says it matter-of-factly - few things can still shock a triple isekai veteran like him. Regardless, he feels for Katsuki. His life will drastically change as a result of the incident. If he can offer him any comfort, though, it's that he's been living a semi-nocturnal life as well since the establishment of the SPOON at the start of the year.]

Welcome to the night shift.

[boombam]

[Katsuk feels so much dread at those words. "You were turned." It's still hard for him to swallow-- it only happened a few hours ago, after all. But he'll give a soft nod of confirmation, even though Hijikata wasn't asking for it.]

There ain't anything "welcome" about this. I've been turned into an evil monster. A Villain.

[He's the natural predator to the humankind he wants to protect so much...]

If I wasn't so weak, this wouldn't have happened.