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[icydoll]

This feels lame but better done than perfect? :
Being a street kid, Sen, naturally had no idea how to farm. But he had nothing better to do, so off to town he went, dark hood up to hide as much of his face as possible as he browsed Pierre's General Store frowning at the various kinds of fertilizer, soils, and saplings.

"Hmm... I don't think I'll be here long enough to see those grow."

Later he'll head to the Museum hoping to finds a beginners guide of some kind. Only to end up being asked for donations... of course, being new, he had nothing offer.

The hooded kid moved on, wandering the town and learning the layout of the streets, he eventually found a rundown building to the north, its cracked walls choked with ivy, he glanced around to see if there was anyone nearby before sneaking through the door to see if there was anything good inside.

((ooc: Feel free to run into him at the store, Museum/Library or the sneak up on him and scare him in the community center!))

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[i_am_here]

At the store, Toshinori is working on getting some fertilizer, lifting the heavy bags into a trolley when he stumbles a little, almost running into Sen.

"My bad, sorry about that," He said.

[icydoll]

Sen had felt someone coming a little too close for comfort, he stepped back while turning to face the person, for a second he had thought it was just an old man and was going to ignore him, but then he saw Toshinori's face and...

Let's just say out of all the people Sen could have expected to run into here, the only hero he didn't hate wasn't even on the list.

"A-all Might?" retired or not, Toshinori would always be All Might to him.

Sen was sure Deku would have had forty fits and died of happiness if he was here in Sen's place.

[i_am_here]

He looked up at the familiar voice, and exclaimed, "Young Todoroki! Why I didn't realize you were here too!"

This was great, Izuku would have a friend his age to talk to.

[icydoll]

Sadly Sen flinched at the sound of his real name. His hand twitching as he fought the urge to play with his black hair.

"You... know who I am?"

Damn it the deal with Aizawa was that no one knew about him.

[i_am_here]

"Why yes, I do." Oh, is he from another world like Izuku? This might be awkward.

"You're in my class that I teach. Are you from the usual world or another? Or does that not make sense?"

[icydoll]

"It makes as much sense as anything else here." Which admittedly wasn't much but Sen was rolling with it.

"Where I come from I go by the name Sen." He looked at the fertilizer bags Toshinori had been struggling with. "Do you want some help with those?"

He had nothing better to right now anyway, and it was All Might, or an All Might. A familiar stranger in a world of unknowns.

[i_am_here]

"Ah, please. I'm just bringing them out to the wagon outside," said Toshinori.

"Sen, is it? I can call you that instead of Todoroki." He figured he had a reason behind the name after all.

[icydoll]

Some of the tension goes out of sen's shoulders.

"Thank you."

He reaches down for one of the bags to put it in the trolly ready. "Can I ask how long you've been here?"

[i_am_here]

"Just under a month now," said Toshinori, gesturing towards the trolly as he started to pull it towards the farm. "I've been working at cleaning the farm, and building tappers for sap instead of chopping down most of the trees. I could make some maple syrup come the fall."

"How about you?" asked Toshinori.

[icydoll]

"Um, less than a day," Sen admitted. "I was looking around trying to figure out how even start."

Sen wondered if he should pull the cart or not, but if All Might seemed to be doing okay he'd leave him to it.

"You sound like you know what you're doing."

[i_am_here]

"Ah, it can seem a little overwhelming at first," admitted Toshinori. "Why in fact, I spent most of it laid up in bed."

"The rest I spent learning how to farm through books and trial and error."

[icydoll]

"In bed? Did you get hurt somehow?"

Sen falls quiet as they travel, mulling something over in his head. "You said I was a student of yours in your world?"

[i_am_here]

"I did. I was injured in my battle against All For One," said Toshinori as they reached his farmland. It was a rustic place, filled with mostly trees and a cleared area for growing where several plants poked its head out.

"That's right, the number one in the class actually," said Toshinori.

[icydoll]

"Oh... that was a while ago, for me, I saw it on TV." That's a flat-out lie, he had been to close to that fight for comfort, but what All Might didn't know wouldn't potentially bite Sen in the backside later.

"And I was top of the class?" Sen stared at All Might in shock.

[i_am_here]

Toshinori nodded, although he knew that in the world he came from, Todoroki and four other classmates went to save Bakugo. Still, he seemed to be okay with hiding the fact, if he was hiding it at all.

"Yes you were. On recommendation actually, being very good at tests and exams."

[icydoll]

"Oh." Sen's brother had pulled him from school after one of his teachers recognised him. To find out he was doing so well when he got the chance was a bit much to wrap his head around.

"I can't promise you I'll be that good of a student here too, but could I work for you and study how you work your farm?"

[i_am_here]

"I'd appreciate that," said Toshinori as they reached the farm and started to unload the fertilizer into a chest. "Thank you Sen."

[dontcallmedeku]

[The community center clearly has seen better days. Izuku approaches the building and sees someone slide in first. He smiles as he walks silently behind Sen. The second he steps inside the dark building, he activates his Quirk. The shadow suddenly grow darker and more thick. They move and spread out like a spiderweb along the walls, floor and ceiling. Izuku stands at the door, arms behind his back, and a wide smile on his face.]

Hello.

[icydoll]

"You're welcome All Might." Sen, of course, started to help move the bags too.

Sen thought he was getting the better end of the deal here, Information and an ally just for a bit of hard work. He was pretty sure his boss would be proud of him for landing on his feet like this.

...After he finished geeking out over the fact Sen was working for All Might of all people.

"Is there anything you'd like me to do right now?" He glanced around the farm but no tasks jumped out at him, which wasn't surprising since he had no idea what he was doing.

[icydoll]

[Sen pauses the second he realises the shadows are growing darker for no understandable reason. He takes a few steps back listening hard for a possible attack from the darkness. ]

"Hello"

[Sen spins to face the voice one hand already reaching for the dagger up his sleeve when he realises that it was a voice he knows.]

Deku?

[i_am_here]

"At the moment I just need to water the plants," He said, gesturing towards them. "Mind taking the watering can while I till up some soil to spread a bag of fertilizer?"

[dontcallmedeku]

[Green eyes take in the boy in the hoodie before him. The black long hair isn't recognizable. The grey visible eye and the slight sight of a scar piques his interest. He nods.]

That's what Kaachan calls me. I prefer Izuku. Who are you?

[icydoll]

Sen had been raising his left about to summon a flame so he could see better but then Izuku asked him who he was and that was just... wrong.

"You don't recognise me?"

[dontcallmedeku]

I recognize you. It isn't hard to see who you are, Todoroki Shouto. But that is a better disguise than the one you wore when you and the others saved Kaachan from the League of Villains. My only question is why are you dressed like that?

Who are you supposed to be?

[icydoll]

Sen nodded, he couldn't see a watering can, but there was a shed nearby.

"I take it it's in there?" Sen asked pointing. "Where can I find some water?"

[i_am_here]

"Yes, it's there in the toolbox. On the left. There's water here in the well too." added Toshinori, gesturing to it.

[icydoll]

I'm Sen, and I always dress like this.

[Sen walks closer just so it easier to talk, his hands in his pockets looking over this version of Izuku.]

I guess this whole thing about other worlds was true?

You said the others and I, weren't you there for that fight? Or your version of that fight.

[Okay talking about other worlds was hard.]

[dontcallmedeku]

I was there. In two places at once, actually.

[Izuku says with a small handwave.] I was in disguise among the League of Villains and Twice made me a clone to stick with the heroes. It worked to keep my cover and make sure I could be there to help my friends.

Even if I didn't care if Bakugo was saved or not.

[icydoll]

[Sen straightens up as if someone had poked him. ]

You're part of the League? Twice Too? And you didn't even...

[And then the surprise is buried and Sen's guard is back up.]

So where's the guy with the darkness quirk? Is he a part of the League too?

[dontcallmedeku]

I'm going to guess your version of me isn't a member of the League and neither is Twice. Maybe you can tell me about it one day.

[He moves an arm and the shadows around them shift. They spread out to darken the walls of the community center and leave them standing without any shadows around them.]

It's my Quirk. It's called Obtenebration. Not surprised your Izuku doesn't have it. I received it from All for One.