rotting brains united

🃏: At least use science to scare them off! Now people are going to think there’s something going on between us!

Oni to Kitsune -Vol. 1- by Renge (glorious star)

He takes a shortcut into a quiet patch of greenery when he hears a strange growl. He looks around, not finding the source, and decides to not stay here to find out.

Unfortunately, he was already found out when what he can only describe as a monster appears and grabs him in its hand tightly, showing long pointy teeth ready to chomp down on him.

His brain goes static as he stares death in front of him before something hit the monster under the chin, crashing its jaw closed, then hitting its arm to drop him.

Senku witnesses a human figure with half black and white hair, dressed in a traditional kimono with a kitsune mask and a khakkhara fighting the monster before exorcising it.

The masked man asks if he is okay. He introduces himself as an exorcist who hunts dangerous yokais. And tells him he should be more careful to not be out so late at night in wooded areas.

Senku has so many questions about what just happened. About the existence of yokais. The exorcist is vague and tells him to go home, turning around and walking away.

But Senku is stubborn, especially when it comes to learning new stuff. And he recognized the voice of this mysterious exorcist.

"Just look it up on the internet~"

"But the internet is a lot less reliable than a real exorcist. Right, Asagiri Gen?"

Senku answers, saying he was studying, and immediately asking if there was an evil spirit nearby.

Gen answers that no, but if he wants to see something pretty, he should come. Then drops a location to a park not too far away.

Senku puts a hoodie and rushes out, wondering what the mentalist has to show him. When he arrives, he is sitting on top of a picnic table, feet on the seat, looking up at the night sky.

Senku approaches, asking what he's doing. Why is he in exorcist mode if there's no evil spirit. Gen gestures him to come closer and sit next to him. When he does, Gen pulls out a talisman and puts it on Senku who feels a strange buzz.

Suddenly, he looks around again and sees hundreds of little fluffy creatures floating into the wind slowly, chirping and purring. Some of them land on Gen for a rest before floating away again. And Senku notices they do the same with him.

So, is Gen also some sort of supernatural being, or a human who gained/learned magic?

I bet Senku, being an astrophysicist, is absolutely mindblown over there being a whole nother plain of existence, and what that means for the cosmos. Also, he could totally become Gen's tech support or guy in the chair, helping him locate yokai sightings and keeping research about all the kinds of beings they encounter and how to deal with them best. (Plus, medical support, because there's probably fights that don't end so easily)

For me, Gen and Senku are humans.

Gen comes from a line of exorcists who have a contract with a local tenko kitsune who gives him powers for him to deal with the evil spirit entering their territory.

He is trying to balance his ancestral duty with being a celebrity.

“eally-ray?! And when will I meet them?”

“You will meet… uh… 3700 years in the future.”

“Huh? I gotta wait that long? I hope I’m still alive by then~,” Gen said with a comedic sigh, making the audience laugh while the fortune teller stared at her crystal ball in disbelief.

He made sure to close the segment quickly after that.

It was a shame, though. That woman had pretty much guessed everything else she was asked. He wondered why she decided to ruin her act at the very last minute.

[A petrification and +3700 later]

“Oh my god!”

“Huh? What’s the matter, mentalist?” Senku asked at the panicked expression.

“That woman! I know her! She predicted we would be petrified!” Gen said, pointing at the statue.

“What?! Really?!”

“Well… no exactly, but she did know I would be alive 3700 years in the future!”

“Hah? What kind of sorcery is that?” Kohaku asked, staring at the statue with a mixture of curiosity and distrust.

“There’s not such thing as sorcery,” Senku reminded her, turning to Gen unamused. “Stop joking around, mentalist.”

“But it’s true!”

“Actually, now that you mention it, I remember watching that program,” Ukyo said then. “It was the one about the love of your life, wasn’t it?”

“His what?” Senku snapped while Gen nervously replied: “A-ah, was it?”

“Ah, so someone Gen met 3700 is meant to be the love of his life! Am I wrong?” Ryusui quickly guessed, much to Gen’s embarrassment and Senku’s annoyance.

“So who is it, mentalist?”

“No one~,” Gen was quick to reply with a forced smile, but the scientist was having none of it.

“Yeah, right. If you are so convinced that woman can tell the future, then you must have met someone.”

“That’s not—! Why do you even care, Senku-chan? You never cared about this kind of gossip before.”

“I don’t but I’m a scientist. I need more evidence if I am to believe in future telling,” Senku said with a huff, making everyone exchange incredulous glances, except for Gen who glared at him both embarrassed and frustrated.

“We-well, even if I did, that would hardly count as evidence, right? One case can’t be proof of anything…”

“So it’s true, huh?”

“Are you even listening to me?!”

“I’ve never seen them bicker like this before,” Chrome noted as they watched the couple of usually calculating minds.

“Haha! That’s because this is personal! If Gen is in love with someone else, Senku won’t be able to do anything about it with his science,” Ryusui declared with a laugh.

“And if Gen’s feelings get exposed, he would have failed as a mentalist,” Ukyo sighed.

Kohaku groaned and took the revival fluid, pouring it over the statue.

“What… where—?”

“Hi, sorry, are these two soulmates or whatever?” Kohaku asked, pointing towards Senku and Gen, who turned to her incredulous.

“Hah?!”

“Well… They sure are in sync…”

“Eh, that’s good enough. Now stop messing up with Senku, Gen! And you, get a grip, Senku!” Kohaku called, making both boys sputter excuses while Ukyo kindly offered to help the poor woman back to camp and gave her some context of what had happened, Chrome asked her about the science behind her fortune telling, and Ryusui laughed and talked about Nanami’s next future telling business.

🃏: BUSINESS partners.

🧪: Same thing, we have a shared bank account.

🃏: It’s not the same thing!

🏹, while they bicker: And here I was about to congratulate them…

🐉: Haha! Guess we have more time to plan their wedding!

💎: What else is there to plan? How much extra time do they need?

🃏: At least use science to scare them off! Now people are going to think there’s something going on between us!

💎: Probably gonna say he’s lazy and always complaining about work.

🃏: Hey!

🧪: That he likes cute girls, he should only pay attention to me.

📸, 🃏 & 💎: …

✖️: Told you the truth serum worked.

“It says here that you will meet the love of your life…” The fortune teller said and Gen, being the great host he was, let a gasp in surprise along with the audience.

“eally-ray?! And when will I meet them?”

“You will meet… uh… 3700 years in the future.”

“Huh? I gotta wait that long? I hope I’m still alive by then~,” Gen said with a comedic sigh, making the audience laugh while the fortune teller stared at her crystal ball in disbelief.

He made sure to close the segment quickly after that.

It was a shame, though. That woman had pretty much guessed everything else she was asked. He wondered why she decided to ruin her act at the very last minute.

[A petrification and +3700 later]

“Oh my god!”

“Huh? What’s the matter, mentalist?” Senku asked at the panicked expression.

“That woman! I know her! She predicted we would be petrified!” Gen said, pointing at the statue.

“What?! Really?!”

“Well… no exactly, but she did know I would be alive 3700 years in the future!”

“Hah? What kind of sorcery is that?” Kohaku asked, staring at the statue with a mixture of curiosity and distrust.

“There’s not such thing as sorcery,” Senku reminded her, turning to Gen unamused. “Stop joking around, mentalist.”

“But it’s true!”

“Actually, now that you mention it, I remember watching that program,” Ukyo said then. “It was the one about the love of your life, wasn’t it?”

“His what?” Senku snapped while Gen nervously replied: “A-ah, was it?”

“Ah, so someone Gen met 3700 is meant to be the love of his life! Am I wrong?” Ryusui quickly guessed, much to Gen’s embarrassment and Senku’s annoyance.

“So who is it, mentalist?”

“No one~,” Gen was quick to reply with a forced smile, but the scientist was having none of it.

“Yeah, right. If you are so convinced that woman can tell the future, then you must have met someone.”

“That’s not—! Why do you even care, Senku-chan? You never cared about this kind of gossip before.”

“I don’t but I’m a scientist. I need more evidence if I am to believe in future telling,” Senku said with a huff, making everyone exchange incredulous glances, except for Gen who glared at him both embarrassed and frustrated.

“We-well, even if I did, that would hardly count as evidence, right? One case can’t be proof of anything…”

“So it’s true, huh?”

“Are you even listening to me?!”

“I’ve never seen them bicker like this before,” Chrome noted as they watched the couple of usually calculating minds.

“Haha! That’s because this is personal! If Gen is in love with someone else, Senku won’t be able to do anything about it with his science,” Ryusui declared with a laugh.

“And if Gen’s feelings get exposed, he would have failed as a mentalist,” Ukyo sighed.

Kohaku groaned and took the revival fluid, pouring it over the statue.

“What… where—?”

“Hi, sorry, are these two soulmates or whatever?” Kohaku asked, pointing towards Senku and Gen, who turned to her incredulous.

“Hah?!”

“Well… They sure are in sync…”

“Eh, that’s good enough. Now stop messing up with Senku, Gen! And you, get a grip, Senku!” Kohaku called, making both boys sputter excuses while Ukyo kindly offered to help the poor woman back to camp and gave her some context of what had happened, Chrome asked her about the science behind her fortune telling, and Ryusui laughed and talked about Nanami’s next future telling business.

Simon: I want a divorce!

Markus: We’re not even married!

If Danny had been paying even an ounce more of attention to his surroundings he would have noticed a figure poking out of the alley way in front of him. He wasn’t though, so Danny was completely caught off guard when said figure pulled him into the alley, knife being pressed against his skin with demands that he hand over his wallet. 

This honestly wasn’t that big of a deal to Danny; more of an annoyance if anything as the only thing he wants to do right now is go home and eat his takeout. Before he can make that known though with a snarky comment another person, Red Robin he notes, is dropping from the sky and pulling the mugger away from him. 

The altercation is over before it even begins, saving Danny his energy, time, and having to reheat his food. 

The whole event was put behind him by the time he woke up the next morning. Danny probably wouldn't have even thought more about it if it hadn’t been for the fact that a week later he found himself in the JL space station due to a summoning for the Ghost King. 

At first Danny thinks that maybe his run in with Red Robin somehow led to them connecting his human side to his ghost side. Luckily, that wasn’t the case though and they were only needing some help with a ghost that was causing problems in one of their cities. Which he was gladly and easily able to help them with. 

The only point of conflict is when the JL refuses to accept a “free favor” from him, and demands that he ask something from them. Danny really doesn’t want anything from them though, and so in a moment of genius locks eyes with Batman and tells him. 

Bruce, rubbing his temples: Tim are you really choosing your morals based on a debate?

Dick: He didn’t have morals pre-installed, this is how he gets them.

Steph: I lost the debate on why stalking is wrong years ago, so you guys can blame me for that one.

Damian: Enough chatter, begin the debate

Bruce: *sighs* Morally—

Tim: *pressed red button that makes a boo sound* Subjective

Bruce: Okay, We are not judge, jury and executioner. We are citizens. We have no right to take the lives of others. Doing so makes us no better than the criminals we fight every night. Killing is killing, intentions do not matter.

Duke: Idk that was pretty subjective.

Tim: I’ll allow it. Half a point for Bruce. Jason, rebuttal?

Jason, pulls out folder filled to the brim with annotated research papers, text books, and a personally written essay that contained a work cited: Intentions may not matter, but impact does. For example, Black Mask caused the death of 52 Gothamites this year. 46 last year, and 68 the year before, spanning back the last 10 years. If i killed black masked, I would be saving the lives of about 50 people a year. By killing one person, I would be preventing the deaths of hundreds of people, depending on whatever his natural lifespan would be.

Barbara: Is this the research paper you were working on in the Library? I thought that was for finals?

Jason: I finished up my finals last week, got a head start.

Tim: Wow, 3 points for the argument, 3 points for the data backing it up, and 3 extra points for doing research and citing your sources. Great Job Jason.

Dick: Bruce, as funny as I think this is, please don’t lose this debate. I think we’d be unleashing hell upon gotham if he gives himself the green light to murder.

Damian: *Taking notes with a very serious look on his face*

Dick: … And we need to set a good example

Bruce: *sighing* I didn’t want to say this but Jason brings up points for why Red Hood should kill. But not why Red Robin should kill. We have evidence that you should never go down that path in multiple different universes and futures where you become . . . gun batman.

Everyone: *silence*

Dick: He has a good point

Steph: Hate to say this but yea B won

Cass: Red Robin: No Kill

Barbara: That’s at least 10 points.

Jason: I have so many more points to make.. but you know what, I cede your argument

AKA "Danny gets isekai'd into the DCU, specifically the Batman comics. He unintentionally kinda-sorta makes the batfam think he's a meta with prophetic powers. " DPxDC prompt idea!

Okay, so Danny was a huge Batman fan as a kid; he used to have all the comics and watch the movies. Then, as he got older and Phantom duties become more time consuming, he sort of forgot about his old collection.

The only thing he really remembers about it is that Batman is Bruce Wayne, he's had several sidekicks including the later renamed Nightwing and Red Hood. He vaguely recalls Tucker talking to him about some insane plot lines in the future comics that Danny didn't keep up with, but all thoughts come stumbling to a halt when he sees the Batman fling himself onto the roof where Danny is. And then he's got to make some very quick decisions.

The interrogation goes something a little like this:

Who are you? A teenager. What are you doing here? What, a kid can't hang out on a rooftop anymore; you the rooftop police?? What are you doing in Gotham? Your guess is as good as mine. Etc, etc. Danny thinks he's doing a pretty good job side-stepping the guy's questions until he says, "Look, I'm not up to anything bad. Why can't you just go back to your Batcave and your stupid dinosaur, and leave me alone?"

Which - oops. Yeah, most people don't know that the literally Batman has a dinosaur and that his hideout is called the Batcave. The next several weeks is just Danny evading the batfam's attempts to kidnap question him. Except he's physically incapable of not making sarcastic banter and unintentionally digs a deeper hole for himself every time he opens his mouth. The more time he spends in Gotham, the more he remembers his old passion for the Batman comics.

It all comes to a head when Robin is trying (and failing, since Danny isn't one to hurt a kid) to fight Danny. Robin is snarling and doing something surprisingly complicated with his sword, and Danny is admittedly having a bit too much fun riling him up. (So what if he spends a couple of minutes antagonizing him - the only social interaction he gets nowadays is with the batfam, sue him for having some fun with it.)

"Desist this child's play and surrender!"

"Nah, kiddo. Also, why are you out so late? It's a school night. Shouldn't you be in bed right now? Go home and cuddle with your dog, kid." Danny should probably stop talking, but he's dodging the kid's attacks and his mouth runs faster than his brain. "How's Ace doing, by the way? I had a dog named Cujo. I bet they would've gotten along great."

Robin stutters to a stop, looking shocked. Danny takes the opportunity to run, but not before he hears the kid's voice muttering into his coms: "Robin speaking, our identities may be compromised."