User: #dc143c

[lonered]

[USER: #DC143C]

Hey. Uh. It's Keith.

Something just happened to me, and I don't know if it's happened to anyone else.

I went home. I went home for months. But I'm also not sure I even really left? I've been gone... quiznak, a few days here? Maybe? It's confusing but I swear it's real. I remember all of it.

And more than that, I've got the injuries to back it up. You can't fake a fighter crash injuries under battle wounds just like that. And older scars I didn't have before I...

[He's fine. But the impressively colorful display of bruises and minor cuts that cover most of his body is pretty distinct at the moment, and not something he thinks could come from much besides exactly what he remembers happening. It all matches up perfectly.]

Anyway. I woke up in the woods. I don't remember going out there, but I must have. And someone or something stole my shoes, so that's... also awesome.

Has this happened to anyone else? What the hell is going on?

Oh.

Turns out I'm alive after all, by the way, if anyone was wondering. Back home, I mean.

And I have a mother.

[It has been... a really really weird day. He needs a hug. And to beat the crap out of something, but there's no training deck here so that's unfortunate.]

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[lonered]

[What. Why the frown. Keith is trying to behave even! For once. He's too confused and thrown off not to cooperate.

When Izuku returns, he nods, sitting up a little straighter.]

All right. You're the boss, doc.

[inheritance]

[Finally, that manages to get a smile out of him again.] I'm nowhere near a doc. But...I still want to help anyway.

[Even doing this much feels better than doing nothing. Izuku grabs a clean piece of fabric from his pack and wets it in the bucket before swiping the cloth across Keith's chest to clean out the scrapes there.]

[lonered]

I appreciate it.

[It's better to get this taken care of in case something comes up that he needs to handle here. Injuries slowing him down are the last thing he needs. For what it's worth, Keith is a quiet, easy patient. He's used to sitting still and behaving for quick patch ups after missions.

The Blade of Marmora isn't known for any sort of bedside manner after all.]

So anything exciting happen in the last few days? [Small talk isn't his strong suit.]

[inheritance]

[Though Izuku's focus is on cleaning Keith up, he hums thoughtfully before replying.]

Not too much, I think. It's a good thing. [A pause.] Oh! Actually... I guess if you were gone until today, you would've missed what I posted on the forum yesterday.

Have you ever brought anything back from the forest? Um, something that you might've found when we all went in as a group?