AEMULO said: “ well, shit. ” (natsuo, lol)
┋ 蒼炎⋙—.❝Oi, you don’t think you’re way past the “well, shit” stage, already?❞
The villain had the snowy-haired civilian trapped between the shadows, and a handful of downed thugs who lay soundlessly on the ground -- smoldering clothes, blistered skin, and labored breathing. Natsuo had been the target of an anticipated crime, as four belligerent lowlifes had sized him up as easy prey. The hour was late, the target had been alone, and they’d observed him buying from that location, before. So they wagered that he would have plenty of money on him. They hadn’t realized, to their considerable alarm and misfortune, that they were far from the most deplorable threat that watched the civilian’s transit.
The thugs had only begun to move against Natsuo, had their victorious boasts upon the tongue, when Dabi sent a scorching refute against their backs. The entire ordeal had only needed two or three minutes from onset to climax, and in the aftermath, Dabi sardonically commented on Natsuo’s choice of verbal assessment of it all.
In the lowlight of the streetlamps, and with his features ruined by scars, malice, and sutures, Dabi was sure that the silver-maned stranger wouldn’t recognize him. Not as anyone outside of some bigger threat arriving on the coattails of an already-unpleasant confrontation. The sole of a boot stepped firmly upon the hand of one would-be attacker, who was forced to relinquish his grasp upon a knife. An idle grin strained at the sutures along Dabi’s jaw, as he canted his head and inquired,
❝You’ve got a bad habit of wandering out at night on your own, man.
Don’t you know these are uncertain times?❞