Dreams of Indigo

Chapter four

Honestly this is just a fun chapter. I felt like it's been too long since I last posted and this is to compensate. I'll probably try to actually release something again soon. Hopefully. Anyway all events in this chapter are 100% canonical for the storyline but it's told in an informal way that doesn't match the rest of the book.

Warnings: cursing, failure, stupidity, various attempted crimes, bashing of the government. NOT PROOFREAD SO LEMME KNOW ANY GLARING MISTAKES PLEASE

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Chapter Four: IDK weird POV with reader as narrator? Just imagine yourself saying this

"I heard a rumor

I heard a rumor 

I heard a rumor

I heard a rumor"

This is me Y/N L/N talking my problems out to myself because no one will understand what I'm saying like I will. I'm coping with my lack of close friends by talking to myself. and I don't have therapy until next week.

Okay. So.

If you're going to use your powers for evil make sure they're working first. Don't commit crimes with faulty powers that's just embarrassing.

Period End of Story.

I guess that could go for heroes too, whatever floats your boat. Anyway, don't create second hand embarrassment for anyone, ever. That especially includes using your quirk to fight off a villain or rob a convenience store or even try to beat up bullies WITHOUT MAKING SURE IT WORKS FIRST.

The whole reason I've been telling a lot of rumors lately is because I want to get the hang of my quirk. I don't really understand the laws about using your quirk in public but that's kind of okay, the government is pretty incompetent and I occasionally dabble in dumb bitch juice. I just can't get caught. I do however understand that had I not practiced using my powers illegally, I would have a lot more problems on my hands than second hand embarrassment.

All those examples I gave happened in real life just in reverse order. Luckily for me I got through it all with a few scrapes and minor damage to my pride.

First I tried to stop some bullies.
I do not like bullies. (that should be obvious by the whole, me getting bullied and retaliating unlocking my super handy but also potentially dangerous quirk.)

A hazard of my quirk surprise surprise, is that it's extremely seductive and I've started to fall in love with telling rumors. So, I decided I needed to learn how to tell rumors without, y'know. rumoring people. My quirk can get out of hand when I'm emotional, so the rumors can either become more violent and/or destructive, or not work at all. So I had to practice keeping it all under control and who better to be my test subjects than bullies?

Well it didn't go spectacular because, drumroll please I overestimated myself and my quirk wouldn't work. Not because I was emotional, but because of quirk exhaustion. Luckily for me no one really knew how my quirk works. So I showed up to the bullies and teasingly said

"I heard a rumor~" and they all tensed. They looked at me pleadingly and I dismissed them cackling as they fled the scene.

I was still really embarrassed. In fact by saying any of this out loud I may spontaneously combust

The whole convenience store thing I wouldn't exactly call robbing. It was a chain store like 7/11 and they were RIDICULOUSLY overpriced. And I needed something to cheer me up after striking out with my powers. So when I got to the register I told the cashier I heard a rumor that there was a special sale and everything was half off, for me at least.

I was laughed at which was really embarrassing but I figured I could use my frustration and shame to give a boost to my powers and they'd work this time. So I started to repeat myself but was interrupted by a "yare yare daze" from some big dude waiting in line in a high school? uniform.

I am not ashamed to say I was intimidated into paying 1600 yen for 3 items.
They say third time is the charm. But coincidentally after the third strike you're out. I was so hoping for the first one.

I was literally just minding my own business on my way home after the unfortunate events of my supposedly op quirk failing me twice in the span of 3 days when a common criminal, (can you believe?) tried to mug me. He had an insect quirk and basically told me to hand over all my money or he'd release his army of creepy crawlies to liberate me of my last yen (hooray for bugs crawling on your skin and robbing you. So cool).

Honestly by this point I was so fed up with the world I'd honestly hoped it would realize it fucking owed me after making me think I was quirkless for 10 out of 13 (nearly 14) years of my life and now screwing me over with the very quirk I'd gained in what could be called a traumatic event.

But no luck for me, because honestly I heard a rumor that no one uttered.

Get it?

Anyway my quirk didn't work on the villain but luckily I had street smarts. I threw my wallet in the other direction and when he looked to it I contemplated running. But I was really angry at the world. So with all the might a 13 year old could muster. I decked him. And when he was down I hit him again for good measure before running after my wallet and heading home. Luckily for me the bugs vanished into thin air as soon as he hit the ground.

I learned a very valuable lesson. You'd think I would say something sappy like "don't overuse your quirk" or "stop trying to commit crimes" (assault is unfortunately a crime even against assholes) But really all I learned is pick and choose your battles. Oh and learn the signs of quirk overuse.

Anyway I plan on using my quirk unnecessarily and very frequently so I maximize the amount of time I can use it before exhaustion sets in. It's honestly an irresponsible plan that will ultimately yield positive results and as a young and budding teen I'm all for it.