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[glaciers]

Shouto Todoroki

This is Shouto. What do you need?

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[feistytrader]

It doesn't have to be, but it's probably not a bad idea. You won't have to worry about the government trying to control you or people trying to take revenge on your family.

...Or getting fined for property damage.

[Why don't comics ever address that part?]

[glaciers]

Do you think there's hero insurance? It'd be dumb not to when there's so much property damage.

[There's a moment or two as he considers it.]

Depends on the kind of hero. Some of them work with the government. [And he would sell his father to anybody for one (1) corn chip.]

... Shouto.

[feistytrader]

Think about a hero here. I don't think the government would-

[...]

Why your name?

[glaciers]

That might depend on the powers. Maybe if it was something like being able to tell when people are lying, they might hire them.

[...]

I like my name.

[feistytrader]

I like my name too, but I wouldn't go around calling myself Silver unless I learned how to manipulate metal.

[Or something like that. That actually sounds kind of cool...]

[glaciers]

The kanji for my first name are burn and freeze. Even if I don't have those kinds of powers it would throw people off.

[feistytrader]

Then go for something a little less direct. Frostbite, Freezer Burn, Icyhot...

[glaciers]

Icyhot is less direct?

[He's pretty sure that's way more direct.]

[feistytrader]

Maybe not in the icy or hot department, but it isn't your name.

[...Speaking of icy and hot, that gives him an idea, and he starts doodling in his notebook again.]

[glaciers]

It's copyrighted anyway.

[He'll finish up the math problem he was working on.]

What are you doing?

[feistytrader]

[You know the cute little fire enemies in maria? Silver's trying to draw one of them, but half ice and half fire instead of a fire friend. One side fiery, one side jagged and icy.]

You're gonna need some symbolic thing to wear on your costume, right?

[...Maybe this is cutting it close. He'll erase the eyes and hope the fire ice ball still looks at least vaguely like that. ...Color would probably help.]

[glaciers]

Like an emblem? Not every hero has one of those. Captain Might and Falconeye both don't.

[He'll lean over and look at it. The only word that comes to mind-]

Cute.

[feistytrader]

Captain Might has his stupid hair.

[...Well, it's true. He doesn't seem too bothered at it being called cute, though. In fact-]

You could use some cute to soften your image. Have you seen your face?

[Said the guy that also makes two expressions.]

[glaciers]

I like his hair.

[Even with the antenna nonsense.]

Have you seen yours?

[He's not even trying to be mean, he's just unfortunately blunt.]

[feistytrader]

Of course I have. I'm speaking from experience here.

[...It looks like he's toying with sketching some stupid outfit now.]

I'd cover as much up as possible if I were a hero, so I don't have to worry about something like that.

[glaciers]

[Shouto stares off into the distance like he's remembering something and misses every word Silver says.]


So apparently I have the same naming taste as alternate me. Also, my hair looks weird. Why would I dye it half white?

[feistytrader]

[...Man, is this what it looks like when he tunes the hell out? He stares at Shouto for a moment to try to catch up, and-]

...Maybe you really do have a fire and ice theme going.

[One icy white side and one fiery red side, right? Maybe he's going to need to tweak his sketch here.]

Are you okay?

[glaciers]

Half and half hair is a stupid look. Whatever scar I have, it's on the left side of my face, with the red hair. The right's all white.

[Wait don't people get things like that back. What if he gets the hair and his mom starts wondering when he started to rebel?]

... I'm fine. Bracing myself for some weird changes.

[feistytrader]

...If you get the half and half hair back and aren't feeling it, I can help you dye it.

[At least his hair... Probably isn't weird? He takes some of his hair out of his face to look at it for a moment- it's definitely way brighter of a red, but at the same time, it's... Probably just hair dye? Maybe? Why stick with red, then?]

It's strange, isn't it? Getting the hallucinomemories is one thing, but...

[It's kind of like changing into someone else.]

[glaciers]

If Mom notices she'll worry.

[But that's a big if, isn't it? He drops his pencil and pushes the work away from himself for the moment.]

Yeah... It's like we're turning into them. Or something like that.

[feistytrader]

I don't mind changing as a person. That's just part of life. You grow and adapt.

[He taps his pencil on his notebook. He's already done plenty of changing just in the past month- and none of it's been particularly easy or pleasant- but that was all on his terms. ...Mostly.

Damn.]

But I want to decide the person I become, not get tugged along for the ride.

[glaciers]

Change is natural but...

[He flips his hands over and looks at them. His don't look that different from his double's.]

The way we're being forced into change. That isn't.

[feistytrader]

[...That's it. He snaps his notebook shut and shoves it in his backpack.]

Let's go.

[O...kay? Silver--?]

[glaciers]

[He's gathering up his things, but-]

Where?

[feistytrader]

The arcade. I'm gonna kick your ass at DDR.

[Screw all this mopey existential stuff. We're gonna go have fun.]