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[[An almost gaunt looking figure shuffles himself, and his fancy new outfit thanks to the festivities, in a seated position to get more comfortable. For the most part there is a metallic stopper on the back part of the wrist of a hand covering the man's face]]

These posts always made me wonder what kind of civilization I've been pulled into that we all sit around and talk to ourselves until other people do or don't decide to talk back.

[[He turns his head in what seems to be an attempt to get any knots out of it, while he speaks, eventually settling it back on the most comfortable spot on the arm of his couch.]]

Before any of you kind souls tries to gg me on being here, sitting by myself, talking into the post, I'm aware. Your humour is dry. I'm just bored and thought I'd follow the herd like every other upstanding citizen. So here I am, talking to myself and curious about what those out there, will say back.

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[ It's the beginning of the month and the Sanguis moon is full force, which means that Peter shoulders and arms are covered by random scratches and bites here and there thanks to his girlfriend. He usually keeps them covered but it's been too hot lately to wear long sleeve and a tank top can just do so much.

The man on the screen is curious-looking, to say the least. Is that a hand??? But Peter has seen all sorts of weird things in his life, so, who is he to judge. ]

Humans, and a whole lot of other alies species, are social creatures. We crave connections so we even talk to inanimate objects. I don't know if you ever met people who own a Roomba but you will never guess what happens.

And some people just like attention and do stupid shit on the net or ask for hookups. Infinite possibilities for infinite dumbassery.

[ ... ]

Is that a hand on your face?

[ HE HAD TO ASK, sorry. Kinda hard to ignore the elephant in the room when it loosk like a severed limb on someone's face. ]

[[Shigaraki's own marks weren't from anything as cool as having something like a love interest. He's not part of that club, but he notes them all the same when he sees the man on the screen with a raise of his eyebrow.]]

I get social interest, for some people, but it seems counter productive to meeting people, talking to ourselves.

[[However, to the roomba comment... That sounds like something stupid that one of his bunch would drag home just to say they could. Magne probably would have loved it. Twice would if someone actually brought it, maybe. Truth be told he misses his companions and this is his way to reach out and see if they're just in hiding and he can't detect their quirks. ]]

There's no one I know that owns a Roomba, but you've got my interest in what happens when someone owns one.

[[His eyes, through the fingers of the disembodied hand on his face look at the fingers on it like he has to confirm it. It's just what he's used to, it reminds him he can't be a brat here. The question is the obvious one that he should expect, but no one really questions it. Not at home and not here.]]

Yes. It is. It's a hand on my face if you want to boil it down.

[ Give it a few days and some moonlacing shenanigans, and you too can look like you got mauled by a coyote, Shigaraki. A very horny coyote. ]

It can be but in the end, it seems to work for everyone here just fine. If you talk often or loud enough, someone might eventually pay attention. Either to talk to you or to direct you to a doctor.

[ Peter has seen all sort of tech while traveling the galaxy and has meet robots and A.Is. He knows that the tendency to form attachments and get emotionally invested in something isn't connected to the fact that it might or might not be alive in the first place. ]

Basically, they start talking to it as if it's some sort of pet who can understand them. Some people also tape knives to it or have Roomba races across the house.

[ If it's of any comfort, he didn't sound freaked out or disgusted but genuinely curious and somewhat confused. ]

I see. [ Well, he's got a mathematician's answer, he can't complain. ] Is that comfortable? Especially now that it's summer.

[ Peter here asking the important questions. ]

[[And on that day, pity whoever was foolish enough to let Shigaraki get their hands on him. Maybe even literally. Besides that, he's got enough scratches on himself from himself. If someone else scratched him, they might not like the consequences.]]

Mmm... [[His hand reaches in to the vague bottom of the screen with a soft set of scratches at the base of his neck. This place is going to make him snap.]] And which do you engage in, personally speaking? Often enough, or loud enough?

[[Now he's really convinced that at least one of his comrades would love this activity. If not Toga then definitely Compress. Or worse, Dabi. Alright, this imagery has actually cheered him up. There's no real smile to be had but it obviously has an impact of upraising the sides of his lips from somewhere behind the hand in question.

You know. Except when he's then asked about the summer comparability of a severed hand. With an actual, curious tilt of his head and a squint to match the curious look he considers how to even answer that.]]

Well, [[He scrolls up, he needs the user name.]] Star-Lord, Are you asking these questions out of curiosity or just failed trolling?

[[The inflection lacks and almost comes down as a dry statement.]]

[ Shigaraki, that's not how you make friends. Or get laid. Especially not how you get laid. The right kind of scratching can be fun, Peter's rather pleased with his own marks. ]

Both? Both. I haven't posted anything on the network yet but I've answered post, like yours, because I like to talk to people in general. And I'm already used to not being listened to because trying to get my team to pay attention is like herding cats, so that doesn't bother me much.

[ Lies. It bothers him a ton because when they don't listen then they get in trouble. But to be fair, they might get in trouble when they listen to him too. ]

Curiosity. I've seen my fair share of unusual things in life while traveling the galaxy but using severed hands as ornaments is a new one. I was wondering if it's really that comfortable. Or it is a cultural thing?

[ This guy could be an alien for all he knows, so it seems like a legit question to him. ]

[[He's made some pretty good friends by threatening their lives if they bother him too much. Dabi doesn't count. Though, dedicated lovers sound annoying and clingy and like something he doesn't want too much of at all. ~~Because he can't imagine holding on to someone in the metaphorical way~~. He'll send them to other designated people better suited for those things.

All that aside, this guy seems like he may just be on the damn spectrum. He's too honest, too brutally honest which is a flaw and a virtue that Shigaraki enjoys to some extent. 'Team' sounds like a word he doesn't like.]]

A team? Of what?

[[Abrupt as he is, he's trying to get a feel for this guy, it's not a lack of interest, it's that he's not sure what to think yet. Aside that he's been a little rubbed the wrong way by having them called ornaments.]]

They're reminders. They're not ornaments.

[[As for the question... he's not sure. It's so second nature that he actually takes hold of the wrist of the hand and pulls it free of his face just an inch or so, looking at it with a critical and studious look.]]

It's uncomfortable.

[[He says, just before putting it back on.]]

But there's some things that are best left as grave burdens.

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[ The keyword is 'one-night stand', Shigaraki. Well okay, that's three words but you get the point. You don't need a dedicated lover clinging to you all the time, only a few hours. Also hate sex is totally a thing. Never say never, young man. ]

We're called the Guardians of the galaxy and we take care of interplanetary threats, we answer to distress calls, blow shit up during odd jobs while fighting tentacle monsters...the usual. Explosions happen often but we're trying to help people. So far only my girlfriend and I are here in Lunatia.

[ As for being abrupt, Peter doesn't mind. He's lived with Drax for year and the man is much worse. ]

Ah, my apologies. [ Peter might be blunt too but he can tell when he overstepped a boundary. Most of the time, at least. Shigaraki moving the hand gives Peter a slightly better view of his face and he tilts his head a little. This man is very odd but the Guardian is hardly the right person to judge that and whatever that hand really is, it must be important for Shigaraki. The last explanation makes it more serious than just odd and Peter gives a nod, his voice somewhat less cheerful than before but polite. ]

Thanks for the honest answer. [ It's more than he expected but maybe it's better to change the subject now. ] You're new here, so...do you have any other question about this place? I might be able to answer them.

[[~~Thanks Dad, he'll be winning in no time.~~ Shigaraki's inability to realize that there's more to life than just destroying it aside, all of that sounds like 'Hero' to him.]]

You "blow shit up" to save the... Galaxy? From interplanetary threats. Is that your quirk? It just sounds like more interplanetary threat, to me. Does your girlfriend engage in these odd jobs, Mister Star-Lord?

[[Shigaraki is a good boy with good boy points. No he is not. But. A girlfriend. Very good information and also extremely exploitable should he need to. All he has to do is find out a little more. This seemed to bring out some big boss threats and now he has the chance to learn about them before they ever learn much about him.

For Mister Star-Lord's defence, Shigaraki can see when someone actually takes the respectful position of not pissing him off any further when it comes to denigrating his family. Even if he doesn't know Tomura's past, it's not something he tolerates easily and mostly because of his own memories, not really the artifacts of them.]]

Honesty is the best policy, wouldn't you say so? [[He does have questions, questions that he's sure a hero can answer who isn't Bakugo throwing threats around like candy, as usual and as per how he expects.]] Your ranking system here, I'm curious about how your ranking system works. There are so many people willing to reach out and lend a hand. [[That pun is to lighten the question.]] So I'm curious how they're ranked here.

[ ~~You're welcome. Remember to take precautions. Wear a glove!~~ Hero would be the right word for the Guardians now but they used to be criminals and they all still have very little issue killing if necessary. ]

Not always but often. You'd be surprised how many people you can save if you destroy the right thing or defeat some asshole. [ Peter's expression changes a little when the man mentions 'Quirk', oh that's a word he knows, which means... ] No, I don't have any powers right now just very good aim with my quad blasters and no wish to die a second time. But I've met some people here who also uses that word, Quirk, to refer to special abilities. Do you have one?

[ Shigaraki, my good dude...Peter's girlfriend was known to be the Deadliest Assassin in the Galaxy. Good luck if you piss off Gamora, you'll need it.

Peter is, by his own admission, not 100% of a dick so he tries not to upset people on purpose if they have done nothing to him. ]

Yes but honestly can also get you punched in the face so...the key is to read the room and known what truths should and shouldn't be shared.

[ It would be a good idea to ask these questions before Katsuki ends talking to people because these two get along so they might end sharing impressions about certain newcomers. Peter tries to keep a straight face at that pun but the corner of his lips upturn a little. Gotta respect someone who can make fun of himself. ]

We don't really have a ranking system here, sorry to disappoint. There are the Moon Knights, the planet's police, in charge of keeping the pace. The moonblessed are allowed to enter their ranks but that doesn't mean anything in terms of powers. In the past, when we have been attacked by giant insects, they asked for people's help so they're clearly not all-powerful.

I guess it comes down to defining what thing to break and what asshole to beat. [[Because Shigaraki has those aspirations too, but for some reason he's seen as a villain. He can't quite pick out why, some days, not when Heroes are even worse. In a moment of sincerity and one that makes him look rather animated about it, the knowledge that he's said people means there's more than the loud brat here.]]

That must be taxing at times, stressful to worry about a significant other and about the battle. [[Not at all that he's got concern if she can hold her own or not.]]

Oh? You know them? Are they, maybe, students or teachers? [[But as for the question of his quirk, he hesitates, thinking it over carefully.]] Nothing that I think will be of use here. Just like you, I have no intention of dying and that's all. I can say I'm zero deaths so far. [[Well. Him, he can't say much for his opponents.]]

I'm not the kind of person to punch someone in the face for honesty. You can keep being honest. Disappoint, though? No. I'm not disappointed. There's no reason to idolize heroes. I'm glad, in fact, that the population is the one taking care of itself.

Pretty much. The body count is usually a good tell about who is the biggest asshole in the room.

[ Usually. Peter knows plenty of heroes who had killed out of necessity while protecting others, all the Guardians Included. ]

Eeeh...sometimes, yes. But we always fight as a team and she's way stronger than me. Gamora can fight better than anybody else I know.

[ There are other people out there who are unstoppable in his world, like Captain Marvel or Thor, but they're not here so Peter's going to gush over his wonderful girlfriend as much as his heart desires. ]

I never asked, actually. [ He knows very well that Shouto and Katsuki are teenagers and still studying to be a pro-hero but he's not about to talk about them with a stranger. ] Yeah, I don't recommend it. Dying sucks, I lost 5 years of my life and before I could learn about all the things I missed, I woke up on this planet.

[ Not an ideal situation. He was really pissed about it until he learned that his girlfriend was on the planet, safe and sound. That makes it all bearable. ]

Thank you then, my faces likes staying non-punched. And we are, fro the most part. Now fond of people with hero complexes, I take it?

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THIS MAN. LOL.

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