video; UN: dabi

[dabi]

[ Cut image is gonna be to a rather odd looking individual with more--are those tattoos?--than he has normal skin, and apparently just as many piercings.

He's got what looks to be a playful look on his face, but what with the uptick of a sigh he lets loose, there's clear annoyance here. ]

Here I thought I already had all kinds'a social media on my phone. [ the guy's voice is deep, like the bottom of a volcano. ] But this one's new.

Ever hear aboutta thing called Marie Antoinette Syndrome? Where peoples' hair suddenly turn fuckin'. White? Due ot stress or some shit?

I ain't stressed, but turns out it might be real.

Anyway. You can call me Dabi.
Gonna' use this opportunity to announce the opening of my shop, Troublebound.
I do tattooing and body mod shit.
If it's your thing, we can talk. I do good work, just look me up on Insta and Snap.

Look forward to working with ya.

artist of the used art here.

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voice | un: kissmyash

[switchaxe]

Aw, shit, no one's fuckin' safe from this stupid thing. Sup?

[dabi]

[ ...hold on, that's a voice he might recognise, if he squints. ]

Hey, kiddo.

Whadda ya mean, 'this stupid thing'. Ain't some new kind of social media thing?
Can't delete it, though.
Whatever.

[switchaxe]

Yeah, no. Magic and shit's real and you're ass deep in it now.

text | un: kni

[ornamentals]

what happened to your face?

[dabi]

got into a fight with a woodchipper and lost

[ornamentals]

if you lost, you'd be dead.

does it hurt?

text; un: AUO

[throwmoreswords]

Gods be cursed, they let you through customs. Someone should lose their job for this.

I thought you were leaning towards Firestarter for the shop?

[ henlo dabert big daddy pennybags is here c: ]

[dabi]

You should'a seen how they treated me at the airport. Scared the shit outta the lady who ran the body scan. ;)

Anyway, yeah, that was the idea, but then i got to thinkin

people'd just think that it was some sort'a smoke shop
and i aint about that shit yanno?
so

i remembered that shit one of yer execs said to me when i made my proposal to you
remember? 'someone like you is bound to be trouble;' and you laughed like an insane person.

[throwmoreswords]

Whatever could you have done to alarm the security theater so?

A smoking paraphernalia shop isn't a terrible idea, but the permits are a lot more complex and annoying, especially in parts of this country. It's always intriguing to me how many cannabis leaves can fit in one logo graphic.

You do look like someone scraped you out of the extras bin for a demon-based murder thriller, to be fair. The fact that you looked Whatshisface in the eye, did that thing your face does, and went 'ain't that half the fun of it?', shaving a month or so off his lifespan? Hilarious. How am I not to laugh?

Why does your face do that, anyway. I never got around to asking.

un: steadyflame; video

[reignitions]

[Hmm. Give him a sec to look up this guy's insta and-- ooh, okay, that's pretty sick. He likes it.]

Troublebound, huh? Looks like I'll have a place to keep in mind.

[dabi]

[ most of them are pretty horror-esque, but in a tasteful way for the most part. A lot of clean linework, for sure. ]

Heyyyy. You got it in one.
You got any ideas for a design, in the future, or you just in the considerin' phase of shit?

[reignitions]

Just in the considering phase right now, but I've got some ideas. Skeletal wings and fire are the ones I keep circling back to.

Video

[prunedworlds]

"Oh, I know someone whose hair suddenly turned pink."

She says that like she's just talking about the weather or something.

[dabi]

"Pink.

What, did they accidentally put some reds in with their whites."

He gives a dark rumble of a laugh, the sound tittering between his ribs as he slowly grins.

"Seriously though, that ain't natural, at all."

[prunedworlds]

"Oh, it gets better than that. Apparently, everyone she knew who doesn't have the Libra app thought that her hair hadn't changed color at all."

Did he want to know about the weirdness censor going on here? Well, he's finding out anyway.

Text, un: Dynamight

[callmekacchan]

[Katsuki has the nagging feeling he has seen this face--heard this voice before. It's so distinctive he knows he would remember if he'd met him before.

Unless this is someone the 'other' Katsuki knew. The past life version of him. It's not until the name that he can place it. Seen in the records in the library of Alexandria last year. Only brief mentions because the records were about Katsuki in his past life. Not anyone else. But he was mentioned in regards to the villains who took Katsuki in his past life.

But. That's it. The memories of these things have not returned. So that's the only context he has for the man he's watching on video.

It's possible interacting with someone from his past life could help trigger more memories. And this is the first time he's encountered someone from that past. So despite the reservations based on that book labeling the man a 'villain'...

So.]

Ever experienced anything supernatural or paranormal before?
Outside today's magic color changing hair and this hell app latching onto your phone like a virus I mean.

[dabi]

[ what up katsuki it's me ya boi who kidnapped your ass in a past life
not though either of these yahoos are about to remember it right away, but... upon reading Katsuki's screen name, there IS a moment where he pauses on it. Something telling him that he knows it, from somewhere, but... honestly, where? He had a great memory for clients and people he's met, but. Dynamight. Where has he heard that name before...?

He shakes his head and decides it's better to focus on the message instead of the name, because everything that's happening today sure is Fucking Weird and he'll just chalk it up to That. ]

Other than getting a haunted phone app and waking up with hair whiter than fallen snow? Sure as shit ain't. My life's been pretty fucking normal up until that moment.

Now I have all these yahoos telling me magic is real and that faeries exist and I'm just wondering if this app is controlled by some weird cult who regularly take on hallucinogens so they can mass-LSD trip together for fun.

video: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

Oh, yeah. That- that happens here a lot. People who were born in this world suddenly getting uh... changes.

[He rubs the back of his neck. This guy sure looks. A Lot. It's cool! But wow it's a lot. ]

I'm not sure what causes it, I've never experienced it myself, I'm not from this world originally- but chances are extremely likely that you'll start getting memories of a past life, too.

[dabi]

So it's not just a weird app that makes you trip major balls and see things that aren't actually there?
Not saying that I know what that's like or anything.

[ he had some wild teen years. ]

Have had a bunch of freaks telling me that magic and fae are real, but this is the first time that sort of thing has been brought up. 'Past life'? So this IS a cult.
First magic, then weird virus-phone apps, and now reincarnation's being pulled into it.
Talk about hitting all bases.

Text; un: Takamaki

[femmecatale]

Oh hey, you're that guy who wanted boss' money, aren't you. Congrats on successfully convincing him.

[dabi]

listen, babe, ive got dreams that go out past myself and I aint got the scrill to take care of shit like that on my own.

my meeting with Big G and some of his execs to get the loan went weird, didn't think I'd get it.
i'll take the grats, tho.

text; un: signorvespa

[prontissimo]

wait tattooing is your JOB? people can be professional tattooers?

[ 🤯 ]

[dabi]

youre damn right they can
most of the best ones (like me) go to school for it, be careful about scratchers

but you can make a pretty good living drawing on people.

video; un: riftdancer

[thavnairian]

[Someone said the T word.]

Heyyyy! You do tattoos? I'm definitely going to have to stop by then at some point~

It's been a while since I got one, so I'm way overdue.

[Says the guy who is fucking covered with them and has very large and very pointy ears.]

[dabi]

[ he loves the T word. ]

I sure do. Been doing it professionally for a few years now.
You can stop by anytime, just to watch or chat, figure out something to your taste.

But I can already see you're a bit of a canvas.

[ ... another fairy guy, huh. He sees those ears... ]

You even got any skin left for me to work with? [ he winks. ]