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Yo, it's Dito. Talk to me.

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[comecatchthesehands]

You can't do both anyway. Pick one and stop whining about the other.

[Says the man who's texting the rando he met.]

I'm texting. That's what I'm doing. I'm not an on demand puppet show.

[syncopathic]

You can absolutely do both. Sometimes you just need to lower your standards in order to do it.

[That doesn't explain why you complain so much, Dito.]

And I'm not demanding anything. I'm just telling you my current mental state and inviting you to accompany me in doing something about it.

You're obviously bored too, or you wouldn't be texting me.

[comecatchthesehands]

Insinuate you've lowered your standards again, I dare you.

[Do not. But also true. They both complain about it.

Fuck.
If he says that he isn't bored and that's why he text Dito, then he has to admit to checking up on him. If he admits that, he'll never hear the end of it.]

I don't text you just because I'm bored.

[syncopathic]

Why would I do that? I'm insinuating YOU'VE lowered YOUR standards. You're the one that keeps texting me, after all. I always assume you're just putting up with me because I amuse you.

It seems like I'm wrong in that assumption, though. What's on your mind?

[comecatchthesehands]

That's better. Nice save. But, my standards haven't changed. I don't want useless fuckwits around me. If I wanted a laugh all I'd have to do is go to the network and threaten something. Watch the reaction.

Just like I said, I want to make sure you weren't dead. I'm on the beach right now so if you were I'd just wait around to make fun of you instead.

[syncopathic]

Aww, were you hoping for a romantic maritime rendezvous?

I actually hate the beach, for the record. The smell makes me gag and I always manage to somehow get sand in every crack and crevice.

So I guess you'd better give me your coordinates so I don't waste my time looking for you.

1/2

[comecatchthesehands]

More just wanted to tell you how lame you were for getting killed when you have a skill tree that make me think you shouldn't be.

2/2

[comecatchthesehands]

[Tomura hesitates the second part, because poor Dito is about to learn that no, this supervillain has needs. Those needs are 'how far can I push this?'.]

Like I said. I'm on the beach. If you don't like that, you don't have to come. I have a suggestion for you since I'm a nice guy. If you keep your clothes on and don't ram your crevices in the sand, it stays out.

I'll be here for the next hour. If not, guess you weren't bored.

(cw: vague mentions of sexual abuse)

[syncopathic]

Clearly you've never hoofed it through a desert. When sand wants to get in, it'll get in. Kind of like my former mistress, actually.

[YIKES.]

But okay, sure. Play hard to get. Wouldn't be the first treasure hunt I've been on.

[comecatchthesehands]

[Oh. Okay.]

Could've been a point of topic to tell me you were married. How'd you land two idiots dumb enough?

[Because While the mun does... Shigaraki doesn't know.

Do not smooth talk him and tell him he's a treasure you bastard.]

We'll see.

[syncopathic]

Oh god no. I wasn't married. You think I'd pay a DOWRY for that fat-titted waste of space?

In any case, we can maybe talk about it when I reach the beach. Not if you decide on making this a romantic rendezvous after all, though-- that's one topic of conversation GUARANTEED to make me go soft.

[comecatchthesehands]

A dowry? lol. You going to go to bed at 7 and worry about dying at twenty? Would anyone pay a dowry for anyone anymore? Is that actually a thing for you?

[Yes all those questions. But the rest of it comes through and Tomura can understand at least a hint.]

I plan on letting you find me if you're actually on your way. Who wants to talk about people not here, anyway.

[syncopathic]

Call me decrepit, if that's the case. I'm 22. And a night owl.

And of course dowries are a thing! You mean you don't do that where you're from?

[comecatchthesehands]

I'd believe it if you added a zero to the end of that. Night owl doesn't mean 4PM.

Only suckers and morons that want to tie themselves down that bad. Lame enough they want to 404 their social life, worse they want to bribe someone to do it.

[syncopathic]

What if it was 4PM the next day, though?

And you're preaching to the choir. I never said that I was into any of that stuff, just that it was common in my world.

What's 404?

[comecatchthesehands]

Acceptable. Barely.

[Sometimes Dito isn't so bad to talk to. You just have to wade through the gutter to get to some of the better parts. Also his Kingdom for someone who understands his game and internet culture speak.]

I met someone from the 1900's once, what year is it? Or do you know?

Means that something isn't found. It's a computer term and I'm guessing you're not too familiar with computers either.

[syncopathic]

It was the summer of `98 when I got yanked here, I think.

I'm not going to prove my ignorance by asking what a computer is, it was probably obvious already.

[comecatchthesehands]

What's the most popular TV series in that time?

I guessed so.
Electronic device that you can use to communicate, games, kind of like our network shit and how I'm texting you, only with a flat screen and an on screen keyboard. Dabi is looking for one, if he finds it to stash his hentai on then I'll take a picture.

[syncopathic]

Did you listen to a word I said? We don't have TVs in my time. I'm from 998 AD. Pretty sure the commonfolk would shit their pants if there was suddenly something like that here.

[Then again, maybe not. It probably wasn't impossible for the Intoners to create something like that.]

Someone who used to live here introduced me to TVs while he was here. I particularly liked the one movie about the gross monster that mimicked people.

[He's talking about John Carpenter's The Thing, naturally.]

[comecatchthesehands]

'98 is 1998 in my time. How do I know what time you're from?

There's a few like that. What else happened in it?

[It's making the beach more interesting and less depressing that's for sure.]

[syncopathic]

[You like him, admit it.]

How the hell am I supposed to know that? The calendar doesn't go up that far in my world.

It was the one with the transforming dogs. And the men tied to the couch. And they were in some kind of snowy environment.

[comecatchthesehands]

[He doesn't hate him. That's something.]

Because ours goes backward, I'm supposed to know you were born with a dinosaur given to you by your ninja village?

Oh. The Thing. Was it the original or the remake?

[syncopathic]

Dragon, actually. And he wasn't technically mine, just my traveling companion's. I wouldn't have wanted him anyway. He was a pain in the ass.

[Luckily, Sal's told him enough about the movie that he recognizes what Shigaraki is asking, even if he doesn't fully understand it.]

He said it was the original. No sea-gee-eye, whatever that means. I assume it has something to do with the ocean.

And now you're about to tell me that I'm dumb, I can feel it.

[comecatchthesehands]

I'll give you that dragons are cooler than dinosaurs. Unless they're hybrids and are a dragon dinosaur. Technically pterodactyl could be those.

CGI. If you didn't know it, I'm the asshole. You're capable of making an ass of yourself all without me, but not for that. The CGI in the later remake wasn't bad, just wasn't good either. Did he show you the Alien series?

[No, you see, Dito... You've activated his nerd card.]

[syncopathic]

[Oh no, he's captured Shigaraki's interest, whatever shall he do, etc.]

He showed me the first one, but told me there were more. We didn't get to watch the rest before he disappeared, though he did warn me not to watch past the second one. He never told me why.