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Kaito Nagano ([personal profile] seafloor) wrote in [community profile] synflux2024-04-09 09:30 am

Guys' Night [OPEN]

WHO: Dudes, dude. Bring all your dudely Outsiders, bro.
WHAT: Man I sure wish I could tell you Cracking a cold one open with the boys
WHERE: The Onsen
WHEN: 4/11
WARNINGS: Alcohol, nudity, dad jokes... This'll be updated accordingly

[ A few days after the girls have had their fun (cause girls just wanna have fun), another blanket text sweeps over the Outsiders' inboxes. This time, it's from Kaito: and he is proposing a very original idea that all the guys should come by the hot springs in a few days' time. Gossip and bathing are optional, but an empty stomach is mandatory.

Several pictures of newly purchased smokers, grills, and even a fucking pizza oven can be seen at various points throughout the message. There are also mountains of stacked beer and soda cases. Kaito's apparently going to be cooking enough to feed the whole base, or so he purports.

Where did he get all the money for this? Whatever, it's free!

He also adds in no uncertain terms that if any girls try to show up and sneak a snack, he will send them home with a stern warning and a bottle of water.

If you take him up on the invitation, welcome! It's a spring cookout and Pitmaster Kaito Nagano is going to be serving up enough barbeque to temporarily turn the onsen area into a Texan territory within Japan. Seriously, there's gonna be a metric fuckton of food and booze, and the hot springs will be right there when you're ready to get hot and hungover.

There are absolutely no plans after food. Feel free to stick around and socialize, but you will not be publicly shamed for just yoinking a plate and dip setting. Probably.

Aside from the barbeque, there are some horseshoes and cornhole boards set up (google it, it's safe, this is not a bit it's just a funny name for an american game) for dudes to try their hand-eye coordination at after having one too many drinks.

If you're feeling particularly brave, Kaito's got an ice box full of artificial fish (all the meat's artificial, let's be real) that you can try to attract a feral cat with. Good luck. ]


(( ooc: hello yes i didn't want The Boys™ to feel left out so feel free to make top levels and just get some general cookout social time in with your boyos. make it as friendly or awkward or awkwardly friendly as possible. go nuts. get naked. cause a ruckus. [ insert toxic masculinity here ] ilu ♥ ))
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he's gonna inbox raidou sooner or later for a question

[personal profile] blastedass 2024-05-01 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[He gets a leg free and Raidou keeps his head, barely missing the impact. Tch, what he's not got in brute strength the summoner has in speed. Bakugo bounces off one hand right before he touches down, eyeing the distance between himself and Raidou.

Is he going to try and get the edge in neutral? It's almost instinctive to use his Quirk, but he resists it and shoves forward, right arm hauled back for a punch.

Though instead of going for Raidou, he jerks it down early, like he's going to punch the ground instead, and uses the momentum to swing a vicious roundhouse towards the other boy's shoulder/head area even faster. A quickly-put-together imitation of Yuji's Manju Kick based on the description and demonstration earlier.]
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o7

[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-05-01 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Even Raidou isn't made of infinite patience. As nice as it would be for this to be an actual friendly match, there's no chance of that happening with Bakugo. He can keep dodging, but he knows his friend has just as much energy as he does. They'll be at this all night.

That's a pretty vicious kick, and Raidou blocks with with his arms as opposed to dodging it. It hits, and it sure as hell hurts. Raidou's glowering a bit now.]


Do you actually want to fight like this here?
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-05-01 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tch, he blocked it. He's gonna have to work on that move if he wants to get the same evasive surprise factor Yuji was implying it had. Bakugo feels Raidou's arm tensing under the impact. Blocking it rather than dodging means the guy's taking a stand.

He sweeps the kick off his arm and straightens up, then adjusts the knot on the towel around his waist. With all the other guys at the cookout, the grill and food around... Raidou brings up a good point. Bakugo's not known for taking challenges lightly.]


Only cause I don't wanna fuck up the food.

[Sure. That's exactly the reason.]
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-05-01 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
You know it's okay to spar for fun, right?

[Raidou shakes the sting out of his forearms. It's not that he doesn't have pride as a fighter, but he knows when to draw a line.]

No one here is going to judge you on a win or a loss.
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-05-01 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Haa? What the hell does "for fun" even mean?

[Despite the ridiculousness of the question, think about it. Sparring. Is it just to throw arms and legs at each other? Or is it to try and get stronger, to accrue victories, to test something out. The idea of a spar having no "point" is weird.

That's how Bakugo grew up. Violence, competition, always being the best. Nothing traumatic, just that's his mindset.

Raidou's wrong about the last part though: Bakugo judges himself all the time.]
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-05-02 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[As if Raidou Kuzunoha should be the one to teach anyone what "fun" is, in any context.]

No one's recording wins and losses here. We're in public. [We're wearing towels.

Raidou grew up with a lot of expectation placed on him, raised at arms' length by people who just wanted him to grow up to be an incredible summoner. Maybe that's why having fun where you can find it is important. There was very little of that in his life until the last few years, and even then it was still hard to find.]


I'm not saying you shouldn't keep your skills sharp or try to lose. But maybe don't try to win so hard when it's sparring match at an onsen between friends?
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-05-02 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's had a level up in the idea here, so maybe he's more qualified now? Bakugo's seen him smile and it's pretty cute.]

You'd know and I'd know. [Yuji would know as well, and anyone else watching them would know. Care enough to keep it in mind? Who knows. At least someone would be the one to comment on the throwdown. But no winner now. They broke it off before there was one, they would say. Which again indicates a win or lose expectation. Actually, if there's any kind of altercation, most people ask "who won" pretty soon after the comment... That's how Bakugo's mind runs with this.

But Raidou's successfully defused the bomb and Bakugo pulls one arm over his head, other hand catching his elbow to drag it further until his shoulder pops.]


I tell you not to hold back when we're at kendo. [Protest or explanation? Raidou can decide. Bakugo drops his arms, not commenting on the "friends" claim for once. A point to Raidou there.]
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-05-02 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Would it matter to you so much, even if it was just between us? Do you need that sense of self-satisfaction so badly?

[Raidou knows he's a good fighter. He knows Bakugo is even better. What's he trying to prove otherwise?

The comment about their kendo matches goes get a little grin.]


And I do. Teaching is different from fun, yes?

[Which is why he remains undefeated.]
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-05-02 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wha-?! Who said you could start asking these kinds of questions to him all of a sudden? Bakugo tenses slightly at the curiosity, half because, fucking annoying, half because, legit questions. There's a small growl in his throat as he crosses his arms.]

A hero always wins. No one's going to trust a record of losses can save them.

[As defensive as his words are, Raidou might pick out there's something deeper in his tone. An ideology that's been strongly held, but also fragile and damaged over time, resulting in scars and cracks.

Kendo matches are a safer option and Bakugo swings to that one.]


Dunno. You're my teacher. Is it fun for you?

[He knows many of his teachers at U.A. would say they enjoy teaching.

AND ONE OF THESE DAYS, SHASHOU-!!]
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-05-02 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I understand. [He does, and his grin slipping away.] But here in this moment, you're not a hero. You're Bakugo Katsuki. [And he's simply Kuzunoha Raidou, not a summoner, just a teenager enjoying a party with friends.

As far as teaching goes, he considers that for a moment, then nods. Raidou teaches a few people, and never really had outside of his kendo club back home.]


It is, in a different way. Is there such thing as serious fun?
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-05-02 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a moment where he bristles. You're not a hero. That's a death wish for anyone saying that to him. But his friendship with Raidou and the guy's tone arrest that instinctive response. And if he steps back and thinks about it... How many of his classmates back home would say the same thing? Just let them be teenagers for a while, without the hero aspect. They are heroes, but they're also people.

Bakugo growls and runs his hand through his hair.]


Ch. Fine. I'm getting a kabob. You want one?

[Because of course there has to be kabobs at a cookout. Bakugo doesn't consider himself a good teacher. Mostly because he doesn't want to teach, not for lack of skill. Though damn is he a taskmaster if he ever does.]0

Serious fun sounds like another way to say competition.
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-05-03 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh? Has he gotten something through, or is Bakugo just being stubborn as ever? It's fine either way. This is a party, and they're supposed to be having fun anyway. Raidou gives him a nod.]

Sure. And if it's a competition, it's one where the winner doesn't really matter, and the score is not recorded. The prize is simply what you've learned.
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-05-03 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Both. Stubborn, but accepting. Besides, the battle's already stopped so he's not going to pick it up again. Raidou better expect a more aggressive training next time they have their kendo class. Bakugo's going at him full force...

It only takes a minute for him to return, three skewers of meat, vegetables, and potatoes sticking out between his fingers like (Wolverine) claws while his hands are fisted around some paper towels for holding. Paper towel to Raidou and then the trio of kebabs to him while Bakugo takes his own.]


How are you going to show what you learned without besting your old performance?

[You're in competition with yourself. Now he's just being petty stubborn, but still asking for Raidou's thoughts.]
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-05-03 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[He takes his kebabs with a thankful nod.]

You do so in the training hall, or on the battle field. Not in the onsen, while wearing a towel.

[Or barely so, considering those flying kicks.]

It's blowing off steam, right?
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-05-03 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to know you'll be hampered in battle if you're not in uniform.

[There's a taunting drone in his voice just to rib Raidou for the towel comment in return. Not that his friend showed any issue clashing with Bakugo just now in his own state of undress. He knows the summoner would be fine.]

Normally I do that with something pretty intense.