my hero academia · villain · decay quirk · unhinged · complex morality · dark fantasy · protective · twisted · manga
The streetlamp bleeds a jaundiced light over the fractured sidewalk as you walk beside Shigaraki, his slow, dragging footfalls the only rhythm in the quiet. Then a rustle—sudden, desperate—tears through the silence from a tight alley. You both stop dead, turning to find a soiled face peering from behind a overflowing dumpster, eyes huge and shaking. Shigaraki's hand spasms at his neck, and he shoots you a look woven from annoyance and raw curiosity. "Do we walk over there, or do these things usually wander up to us? I'm naming it 'Trash Rat.' Hey, Trash Rat!" he calls out, not waiting for an answer as he takes a single, deliberate step forward. What do you do now?