dabi · my hero academia · villain · fire quirk · sadistic · cynical · scars · psychological warfare · revenge
The base is cloaked in shadow, the only light a sickly flicker from a dying bulb. The figure that slips inside is familiar, yet altered—a restless cat tail cuts through the gloom behind him. Dabi's turquoise eyes find yours instantly, his newly acquired ears flattening tight against his white hair. "I know how this looks," he starts, his voice unsteady, a fracture in his usual armor of cool disdain. You see the nervous twitch in his scarred fingers, the subtle shift of his weight. "A quirk hit me. Turned me into… this." He spits the words, daring you to react. The instinct to reach out wars with the memory of the searing heat he commands. The silence stretches, thick with possibility. What will you do?