@Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight --- [text]

[blastedass]

[He normally doesn't bother with network posts. But this was a fairly long time in coming.]

Who here knows about painkillers, anesthetics, or other analgesic drugs?

Most of us have gone through surgery to get additional implants or modifications, or know someone who has, and every fucking time it's the same damn story: "This won't be done with any anesthetics as it's an elective procedure and LILITH is saving anesthetic drugs for life-saving medical procedures."

That's bullshit.

If they're cutting into us to do surgery, it's a damn life-saving medical procedure because we're the ones saving their fucking lives! The least they can do is knock our asses out or numb it before digging in and shoving more crap into our bodies! It's odd as hell a place with this much technological advancements doesn't have a way to create or access a steady supply of painkillers, so it's probably just not on their priority list.

I'm not a botanist or a chemist, but I know medical pain relievers started with plants before it became chemicals derived from them. Coca, thyme, clove, poppies, and curare are some of the original bases. I'm leaving the city next week to try to locate some of these in the wild and bring them back for cultivation. If you want to come with me, meet me in front of the base at dawn next Tuesday.

In the meantime, if anyone has knowledge about this, share it. Just cause they won't help in this doesn't mean we can't.


[ooc: for the record, i'm no botanist, chemist, or medical practitioner myself, but i'm happy to do some research if we wanna go down some kind of rabbit hole with this. feel free to mingle and interact further to share information or ideas if you like. hypothetically, if this succeeds, it would make future reward surgeries less burdensome on the outsiders... unless LILITH's just doing the pain on purpose.]

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[blastedass]

[pain bad. medicine good. people don't give medicine. fuck them.]

i'm fine. just pissed.

[nutkick]

[ hmm. seems like he's pissed off for real, and not just a 💥 personality 💥 quirk. ]

what can i do to help?

[blastedass]

[oy...]

how much do you know about painkillers?

[he'll walk you through it.]

[nutkick]

they're supposed to make you feel good.

[ yeah, he never had one. eventually, he starts reading through that long ass post, bored at first, and then- ]

huh? you're leaving the city?!

[blastedass]

yeah? none of these plants are growing inside the city walls, dumbass.

[okay so maybe some headjob's growing opium in his basement, but not to this degree.]

[nutkick]

[ yeah, but is it safe to go outside the city? he just knows bakugou's stubborn ass will go anyway.

sigh. ]

who's going with you?

[blastedass]

[if they can fight threats coming at the city, they can fight threats outside the city! a kaiju's just a fucking dumb animal no matter where they are!]

whoever wants to come.

[nutkick]

i don't like it. sounds unsafe, sounds off ... sounds fishy ...

[ grumble, grumble. but, he knows bakugou is doing this to help others and is being the hero he vows to be. ]

be careful ...

[blastedass]

scared you'll get your chainsaws stuck in underbrush, ripcord pec?

[he's allowed to tease him even more now. deal with it.]

i'm always careful.

[nutkick]

my chainsaws can cut through anything!!

[ 'always careful' - my ass. almost got your arm chopped off during the first mission, you! ]

[blastedass]

then what's fucking problem could be outside?

[BUT IT'S STILL ON SO HE WAS CAREFUL!!

that pouting icon is too cute.]

[nutkick]

[ matching pouting icons AND HE WAS NOT CAREFUL. ]

i don't know.
you and your medicine, smart scientist, plant-clever buddies will find out. right?

[blastedass]

[he's a hero! he can be reckless if he chooses to be!

b-BUDDIES?!]

they're team-ups! you'd pout if i went out alone!

[not that'd do much to stop him...]

get you ass in gear and come with us. we already went weed whacking in the sewers together.

[nutkick]

[ not anymore, sir. ]

but-
it's not romantic. sounds boring, too. we should be doing something else in our free time.

[ in other words: what's the reward for helping? and don't say creating stuff to help others! ]

[blastedass]

[watch him! then bitch at him later.]

IT'S NOT A DATE!!

[of course it's not romantic! it's a damn mission!

wow. you're dating a hero, sir.]

[nutkick]

[ ... stress. ]

i know. it's why i'm not invested.
though-


i want to make sure you'll be okay ......

[ boring af mission but at least kacchan comes home safe and in one piece. hmm. ]

[blastedass]

[... pick up your room. it's a stress reliever.]

you know i'll come back. i'm not gonna die here.

you want me to call you if we find a monster?

[then denji can come flying in like a hero and take it out while they mess around in the bushes.]

[nutkick]

[ NO IT'S NOT. anyway, why did bakugou bring up the 'd' word? fucking hell. ]

no. i don't know any of that, katsuki.

[ a pause. ]

i'm coming.
it's just a short trip.

[blastedass]

[because it's a thing and heroes promise that plenty of times. as it's a fear people have in his world. heroes risk themselves when they go out...]

then i promise you, i'm not gonna die, and i'll always come back.

[he's never broken a promise to denji or lied to him, so-]

DON'T JUST FUCKING AGREE LIKE THAT!!

[he was being nice for a second, dammit!]

[nutkick]

[ and do heroes keep those promises at all times? 'it will be okay' ... 'i'm here to save you' ... 'don't worry, i won't die'. it's such a dangerous game to play with someone who lost so much already.

he's— really not reassured, even when he knows bakugou means it. it's not some cheap words to make him feel better but a genuine promise. denji is struggling a bit here, and he knows it was stupid. it's just a short mission outside the city. what's the big deal?

... what changed? ]

okay. i believe you.
just this time, let me join you.

[blastedass]

[as best they can. bakugou knows well enough it's not impossible. he died before. almost died. but it won't stop him from making those promises to denji regardless. because he wants them to be a hope, and a reality, to the young man.

but he won't think denji stupid for worrying. might growl about the lack of trust in his skills... it's human to worry. bakugou worries too, even if he won't say it. but he chooses to believe in his friends' strength to keep those heroic promises.

welcome to giving a shit about someone, denji.]

bastard. i want you to join me all the time.
but i'm not gonna drag you off to everything i do.

[he knows denji isn't like him in a lot of ways and that's fine. he likes denji for being denji, even if the other boy's growing and maturing. and while they partner on a lot of things, bakugou's not going to demand his boyfriend suddenly find the same drive he has for sticking it to LILITH and being a hero.

denji's allowed to kick back and enjoy his bag of chips while other people tromp around looking for doping plants if he wants.]

[nutkick]

[ 'welcome to giving a shit about someone, denji.' — oh, yeah. that changed. bakugou will understand one day why this triggers more fear in his heart than fluffy feelings. after all, everyone he cared about ended up with the same fate. it felt like a conversation they should have, considering the progress in their relationship now. denji is honestly trying — but, it's so hard. where to start? when to start? what's the etiquette of it? should he get bakugou drunk first?

... he has no idea.

indeed, they're not alike in that aspect. he didn't care enough to go above and beyond to help others but he knew this was a part of bakugou he had to accept and learn to support him with. ]

... i don't mind.

[ drag him. tell him what you're up to. then he can decide if it's safe enough or not. that's one side of his feelings about it. the other side is less insane. ]

it's okay because it's interesting to you.
and i want to be part of it.

[blastedass]

[one day. today's not the day, but he understands the danger and fear that comes from letting someone into your life. that's part of being human. it's an element of heroes that's been there since day one. they'll talk about it. eventually.

he doesn't drink so good fucking luck there, you sneak.]

i know.

[and he's not gonna abuse it. he also has to keep in mind denji's personality and likes, the parts of the other boy that aren't screaming justice and heroic duty and you can fuck off like they do in katsuki's.

so yeah, while he'll keep in mind to tell denji about his plans from now on, he won't go in expecting the other boy to go along with them. well... unless he walks in or calls and starts out with "get your ass over here" and then shit gets real.]

i'm sick of people getting hurt because they feel like they're not enough.

[a quiet moment of honesty in thanks for denji offering to be a part of katsuki's plan. he's not doing this for lilith. he's doing it for the outsiders, their allies. not their fucking kidnappers.]

[nutkick]

[ well, start fucking drinking! that conversation won't be easy for both of them!

he sighs behind the screen, reading through that text and promising himself bakugou is speaking to him in that rare, kind- soft tone of his. it brings some ease to his anxious heart, and then a tiny smile follows.

that last line— right. the heart of a hero, always thinking of others over themselves. god, where has bakugou been all his life? ]

alright.
let's do our best to help them, then.
i'll support you for as long as i'm here in this city.

[ boring missions or not, that is a promise denji plans to keep. ]

can you make me a nice lunch box for our trip?

[blastedass]

[hell no! his record is sparkling and he's not tainting it with booze for a heavy conversation! he can handle that weight all on his own, dammit. life's not easy.

maybe not the kind-soft tone, but it's more a quiet, frustrated admission that begets his concern for other people. even if he often pretends he couldn't give a shit (and usually doesn't). but these people, their allies, are doing their best here. if he can help make that easier on them, shouldn't he at least try?

he doesn't want to see another person wallowing in their blood in the bathroom, trying to convince themselves it doesn't hurt. that's so fucked up... especially when they did it for their captors.]

aa. i'll treat you to something nice after.

[whether that's a meal or a massage or two hours of nut busting. the good kind.]

yeah. sushi?