awashrpg | #136F92

My old man was an ambitious asshole and bred his children until he got a "perfect" one.

[And he immediately suddenly realizes exactly who he's talking to. Oh gods. Okay. Cool.

...he still hates Endeavor, text it. But nevertheless Percy takes a moment to think that through.]

sounds rough
I wouldn't know how to really talk about that either
what do you even say...?

Are you asking?
I started talking about quirk marriages and why they fell out of common practice. Then I started talking about my upbringing and the way he treated me and my mother. After that it was how much my mother grew to hate half my face because it looked like my father's. He's an awful abusive old man who never should've had children.

your dad sounds like a huge jerk
so...it was steps. one thing first, and then an explanation about something else, and then something else until the whole story made sense
how many people have you told since showing up in this place?
i hope you and your mom are happier without him

He's an asshole you can say it. Everybody should say it.
I've told six people including you.
My mother is still trapped in a hospital because of him. She can't even leave for parent's day.

okay the guy's an asshole. a really huge asshole from the sounds of it
...that's awful.

[...Shouto doesn't know who he is, and that's okay, but he feels like maybe he should say it.]

my parents didn't stay together after I was born. my dad disappeared and my mom was left to raise me by herself. but she ended up marrying this guy when I was really young who treated her like she was the most worthless person in the world. he was...I don't really have words for him that aren't "also a huge, abusive asshole", but my mom stayed with him for as long as she did because she was trying to protect me
she's remarried now. she and my ninth grade english teacher got married a little while ago and things got better
so I guess my point is that I hope the same happens there because nobody deserves that, and maybe your dad will end up being sold as a sculpture, too

[What.]

I'm going to rescue her from that hospital.

[That's actually a lot to take in and now he's kind of confused?]

That sucks. I'm glad that she managed to get away from that guy. He sounded terrible and nobody deserves having to deal with somebody like that. But she must really love you to endure all of that.
I think there are toys of him, but none of them are sculptures. I hope nobody made a sculpture of him. He doesn't deserve it.

I believe it. you sound pretty determined.

[It helps that he knows who Shouto is, too.]

I am, too. he smelled terrible on top of being terrible.
...my mom's the best person i know. so yeah. i think so.
you mean like action figures? and why not? gabe didn't deserve a sculpture either but the money my mom got from selling it was enough to go back to college and put a deposit on a new apartment.

Alcoholic?
Yeah. That guy's got enough attention on him already.
He's got a lot of action figures and dolls made of him. They don't sell as well as the other heroes. [Which Shouto takes a spiteful satisfaction in.]
It sounds like you're both doing a lot better these days.

and cigars, yeah
I wouldn't want to buy a figure of a guy who's not a hero to everyone, especially his family. maybe bad publicity and marketing will be good for him
but yeah. we are, I think. she's doing what she loves (writing) and my sister's due in a few months back home so it's like everything keeps moving forward
someone told me to move forward and keep moving forward and focus on the now. I had no idea how to tell him I had no idea how much forward I could go when I got back
the world's gearing up to be under attack for a third time in the last three years
it's what I hate about being stuck here
but that's not anybody else's problem since we're ALL stuck

[It's a round-about way of saying "I don't want to talk about stuff because it seems useless in the longrun when we're all in the same boat."]

Nobody really knows about the family stuff.
From what I hear it's just that he's standoffish and terrible around fans. Part of me gets it because he's good at his job, but I hate him.
It sounds like it's going better at home besides the world getting attacked again.
It sounds look good advice, but yeah. We're all stuck for now.
If you hate being stuck here, just say it. A burden shared is lighter. Or something like that?
It's better to get things off your chest than just keeping it bottled up. Maybe somebody has more advice for you.

something like that

[...it's wild to be on this end of things, and he actually respects Shouto a little for it.]

and maybe someone does, but. I don't know. I have to think about if I'm ready to hear it.

[He can be honest at least.]

but that alone is good advice. so thanks.
it's good to know there's a hero who can be good at his job and also pretty smart.

[He means Shouto. He sure as hell doesn't mean himself.]

That's fair. Sometimes when I get good advice it takes a while before I can actually use it. It could just take some time or take some healing.
I'm working really hard to become a good hero. I want to be somebody people can rely on and inspire others.
I have a lot of practice with somebody who doesn't talk about his feelings that often.

[He maybe hit a little too close to home with that, so Percy does exactly what Mr. F doesn't want him to do and skates away from that topic.]

you're doing a good job already man. trust me.

[Also. He's not stupid. It's Shouto and also Percy is kind of kin with Izuku so he's Well Aware who Shouto probably means.]

the practice is paying off. just keep at it and don't give up on him even when it seems easier. it's a long process to say something

[He shouldn't speak for Izuku, yet here is he.]

Thanks. I'll keep working hard.

[Why are protags all like this, honestly.]

I'm not giving up on him. Somebody needs to be his support, and I think I've gotten pretty good at it.
Hopefully you find somebody you can rely on.

I'm sure he feels the same way if I had to guess. he seems like the kind of person who could learn to rely on people who are important to him, especially when it's someone who's stuck with him for this long

[Stop showing your hand, Percy.]

but thanks. I have someone. the town just took her away from me, but I'll find her.

[He's staring down at the words on the screen. Hm.]

You know who I'm talking about. So you know who I am. I think the total number dropped back to 5. Anyway, I'm not going anywhere.

Good luck. I hope you do.

Thanks Shouto

[Haha have fun figuring out which of the five people this is.]

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