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“Ah, surprised to see you here.”

I did answer this one here, but I will do a second selection!

Gonna go silly on the book and say the Animorphs series which I read as a kid, which I would recommend reading as a kid. Sure, it's kids that turn into animals and fight parasitic aliens. But it's also the reality and consequences of war. They win, but they also lose things. Surprisingly heavy topics presented in a way for a younger mind to process and understand.

And for another game:

@pillar-of-peace​   Nao! Is Mr. Yagi actually All Might?! I need your answer for CONSPIRACY REASONS!! ~dooley

pillar-of-peace said:I-I should have known!!

“ Yes you should have, now go see recovery girl before you cough up the one fully functioning lung you have left.”

copic color meme

I’m just going to write the smells of people closest to her in various AUs. 

Kuri is always the smell of clean things -- fresh linen, or the fruit and vegetable drawers after you just went shopping. For some reason the smell of freshly cut, cold cucumbers comes to mind, and I can see it being a little snack they used to have as kids because it was crunchy and fun. 

Tenzo/Yamato is more... musky? Sweat and dirt and that same type of soap he’s been using for years now. There’s an oil they use in ANBU to clean their weapons and their gear, Anko recognizes that smell on him sometimes, and finds it comforting despite what it means. @neoninjutsu

Gai is the smell after a shower. She doesn’t know why that’s what she thinks of when she thinks of him, but it is. Wet hair and the way the room feels when you open the bathroom door and all the warmth is let out and you’re left with the startling cold, because someone has decided to steal your towel and make it so your only reasonable course of action is to jump right into bed and huddle up until you’re warm again. @lvyeshou

Yashamaru is the hospital, the smell of his scrubs, and the latex-free gloves he always keeps in one of his pockets in case he has a patient with an allergy. He’s the click of his stethoscope being placed on the counter because he forgot to take it off his neck on his way home. He’s a smile against her neck in the morning and fingers that tease her with a song they drum along her skin. Sometimes he’s less happy things -- blood, in Illustrado, from people he tried to help and couldn’t. That’s not even a smell she’s ever witnessed on him, it’s just one that she associates from all she knows. @yxksha

It hadn't been planned for this to happen. Though, it rarely ever was. Especially in a place that seemed to be constantly involved with fighting as this one. The three had done well holding their own despite losing any sense of composure at a certain point when it became clear that they were looking death in the face. He couldn’t fault them for that in the slightest, though. While they were teenagers now, and no longer the small brats that he had taken under his wing, they were still inexperienced children.

They were all clearly shaken by the end of it and a part of him felt guilty. He knew that this was an inevitable situation, though, and pushed the feeling aside as much as he could. The first fight for your life was always the most difficult. There was only so much anyone could prepare them for and no amount of training could prepare someone for the realization that they weren't invincible-- that one small mistake could end their life or the lives of their allies.

Konan and Nagato would join when they were ready. Kakuzu wasn't about to force them to eat if they were still dealing with the emotional turmoil. It would only end in an upset stomach. He was honestly surprised Yahiko had joined him at the table at all. It was painfully clear, though, that the young man was far from alright, barely able to even hold his chopsticks.

He looked up when the other addressed him, pausing to listen to his question. He set his own utensils down on the resting block with a small sigh. He wasn't disappointed in them, not in the slightest. He just didn't think this conversation would come up so soon. "The first time is always the hardest," he replied. "It gets easier as time goes on, and eventually battle will be nothing more than second nature. There will still be times that you are afraid, but you'll learn not to let it control you."

Kakuzu had once been in the same state as the younger man. All shinobi have. The fear and desperation would utterly destroy some. Kakuzu was much younger than the teenager sitting across from him when he was thrown into his first battle. It was vastly different than training. Training, you knew you were safe. The feeling of that safety no longer being there could throw even the best of prodigies for a loop and end in tragedy.

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