Ceasefire - The Way Out

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[And then you wake up.]

[The room is dimly lit and made of pitted, industrial metals. You sit up abruptly on- some sort of padded table or cart? There’s a caged structure of metal piping surrounding you like a low barrier, but it’s open on top. You might similarly have a moment of panic about the straps holding you down or the electrodes on your head, but they’re just velcro and lightly tacked on, respectively, and in no significant way prevent you from sitting bolt upright and getting onto your feet. A series of twenty one such tables ring the room at even intervals. All but one has an occupant.]

[However long it takes you to notice, there a twenty of you again. Patches, the Trusty, and Yaiba, the Legendary Bassist, are back among your number. Penny, unfortunately, seems to be missing. Whatever you were wearing to the trial, or at the time of your death, you are back in the clothing you wore when you initially arrived. If anyone checks, CAREFULLY PLEASE, they will find that any powers they may have been missing are back.]

[The room is lit well enough, and there are computer banks and monitors around all the walls, which look to have been monitoring your vitals until just this second. Wires and tubes lead from each table to the center of the room, where a low pool is filled with a thick, milky-looking liquid that looks incredibly disinviting to touch.]

[A door rests on each side of the room, a glowing hand-sized pad beside each.]

[Welcome back, Participants.]

[Now, what do you do?]

((One clarification - any active powers that require some kind of power source or connection from your home worlds will either be not active or severely weakened.))

Comments

[mightdoriya]

[Oh Izuku almost staggers when he's suddenly dragged forward, not having expecting Shigeo to just...hug him, like that. But after a moment, he reaches out and returns the gesture, giving him a light squeeze.] Of course, Kageyama-kun. I wouldn't trade having met you for anything.

[hyaku]

[Shigeo is quiet when he hears that from Izuku, but it's less because he has nothing to say and more because he's trying to keep himself together. It's not goodbye just yet, after all. They still need to figure out how to actually get back to their own homes from here but it just.. it's a very touching sentiment, honestly. He's not sure if he can recall anyone saying anything like that to him before.

But he can't cry over this, especially not with his powers back. Not that he feels particularly stressed but he just.. doesn't want to chance it. Everyone here is a friend, it'd be awful if he lost control.

So after a few moments of just letting himself cry silently into Izuku's shirt, Shigeo lets go and pulls back with a smile, tears still clinging to his cheeks but he decides to ignore that and change the subject.]

Oh, right. I said I'd show you my powers before, didn't I?

[mightdoriya]

[Oh Shigeo...his crying makes Izuku tear up pretty immediately, prompting him to hold him even closer while blinking his own tears away. When Shigeo does finally pull away, Izuku is reaching up to wipe at his eyes, his brows raising at that comment.] You did say that...did you get yours back too?

[hyaku]

[Boys...

Shigeo gives Izuku an excited looking nod, and he wipes his eyes off on his sleeve as he mentally prepares himself to use them for the first time in two weeks.]

I can do a lot of things with them, but this is what I usually do.

[He holds his hand out to Izuku, and suddenly the teenager is illuminated in a blue glow and starts to float.]

[mightdoriya]

Wh- aa-ah!! [Izuku knew what Shigeo's power was, and still...being lifted up into the air like this surprises him. Maybe it's just because it feels like it's been years since it's happened to him, and he feels a gut wrenching sensation of surprise and nostalgia over it all at once.] Your powers really are just like Uraraka-san's!