02.12.2022

I welcome thee to my Ward for I am the Absolute Madman and I come bearing the gift of your weekly dose of Stranded content which you'll enjoy consuming or else! But first, let's check out the comments!:

Random65 - It'd basically be a split personality that fights for dominance, but is usually pretty chill unless threatened or pushed too far. And yes, it would basically be a SFW fic that goes way off the rails at random intervals with lots of bloody themes and a very confused Ibara!

InsaneMakaioshin - Well, is a threesome technically an orgy? Wait, Imma scour the net quickly. Alright I'm back. From what I've learned a threesome is not considered an orgy as those usually start with five people at least and all participants must interact with each other in some way, so watching doesn't count. And yes, it's on Ao3 since I've wanted to expand my reing over a vaster audience an someone expressed their worry that Stranded might be flagged and taken down for the adult content. It won't but it was a pretty good excuse to move my ass!

n1ght4ury20 - I sure will!

Secondhandmaster - I know right?! I used to be a pretty big Izu/Momo stan, but as I discovered new ships I fell in love with them even more! That's how I actually moved on to become a pretty big fan of 1-B girls as well as Ryukyu and Miruko.

Fanfic writer 117 - Izuku when he meets Kyotoku for the first time: Your daughter calls me daddy too!

Freddielebron - No no no, you've got it wrong - Fucking Finally! that's the phrase! Or finally fucking! Works too I guess!

And with that out of the way you can go enjoy the chapter! Do stick around after though, because Bruce Banner will be waiting there with the official decision!:


A couple of days had passed since Kyouka had been introduced into Izuku's growing harem and things were going fairly well for all of them. However, that couldn't last forever so Momo was hard at work, crafting weapons of some destruction so that they could defend themselves if the need arose. She's hit a major roadblock recently which basically stopped her dead in her tracks. Her head was swirling with ideas and potential plans for new stuff she could make at her hellforge, but she couldn't focus on them one bit. Instead, her mind was constantly occupied by the hammer that could shoot lightning. She knew it was possible - she even had an engram for it - but couldn't figure out how to make the damn thing!

If only the answer to her problem could fall out of the sky and reveal itself…

She paused mid-swing and blinked a couple of times before gently lowering her smithing hammer and putting it off to the side. Her brain shifted into a higher gear as she analyzed the idea that had just struck her, wondering whether it was worth trying it out. She knew that she's hit a roadblock at the moment, one that she might not be able to clear any time soon, so she might as well give her newest idea a shot, right?

With that mindset locked and ready to go, Momo put all of her tools in their places before hurrying out of the hellforge.

She paused halfway through the corridor however as a sudden breeze hit her in places that a breeze shouldn't normally be able to hit and Momo doubled back quickly to change into something more appropriate for the task at hand, said task being an expedition to their old domain.

She did not intend to go on the aforementioned expedition alone of course. For her plan to work out she'd need a pair of strong, capable hands and she knew just where to find them!

Izuku agreed to accompany her - what a surprise, right? - just like she expected, but Momo was still caught off guard when Kyouka of all people asked if she could join the two of them. Their food situation was looking quite stellar at the moment, so seeing as they didn't have to worry about starvation anytime soon, Momo and Izuku let Kyouka tag along.

They did however ask why she wanted to go with them. She simply explained that she didn't really get to see their old 'neighborhood' as she'd joined them after they already moved to their current encampment. She was aware that there wouldn't be much to see besides snow and leafless trees, but she still wished to join them.

Thankfully Momo managed to make another set of winter-ish clothes during her inventive streak. Coincidentally they seemed to fit Kyouka quite snuggly, and with that out of the way they were more than prepared for the voyage ahead of them.

The trio threw some half-hearted warnings about slacking off while they were gone in Mina's and Tooru's direction before venturing deeper into their cave and then back outside to the other side. And what an other side it was.

Both Momo and Izuku, who were thoroughly accustomed to the climate they were about to step into, had squinted their eyes, anticipating a cold wind to immediately start blowing snow into their eyes. Alas that wasn't the case this time. The dynamic duo realized right away that something was off and quickly opened their eyes wide to scout their surroundings. What they saw caught them off guard. It wasn't snowing. Not even a single snowflake in the air. There was no wind too. Not even the slightest breeze! It was honestly quite eerie without the wind howling in their ears.

But the biggest surprise of all was laying right at their feet. It was melted snow.

Melted. Snow.

Only when they noticed the soggy patches of half-melted snow did they realize that they were pretty warm in their clothes, hot even!, when usually they only prolonged the process of freezing their asses off.

All in all they had encountered a surprise right at the beginning of their adventure, fortunately it was a very welcome one as wading through snow would eventually wear them down and force them to go back prematurely. Still, it's not like they could afford to take it easy already. On the contrary they should probably double their efforts to make the most out of this golden opportunity.

With that in mind they quickly decided to wonder about the unexpected change in weather at a later date and focus on the task at hand - finding one of the supply meteors. Momo and her hellforge had a question or seven to ask.


Okay, something fishy was for sure going on. That's what Momo thought to herself when Izuku led them to the fifth supposed location of a supply drop collected long ago.

Izuku possessed the pretty common male skill which allowed him to always know where he was going so retracing his previous routes wasn't that hard. Finding their objective however, was. They found the crash sites, but there were no meteors at any of them! The only thing left were the craters which the flaming balls of fire created upon impact, but that's essentially all they found. No footprints, no signs of them being dragged off against their will to work at a plantation, nothing!

Momo thought they were simply out of luck at first. Then she believed they were only a couple of steps away from reaching their goal, but by time they arrived at the twentieth crash site - just as meteorless as the previous nineteen - even she had to admit that her enthusiasm and optimism were both running pretty thin and she was on the verge of throwing the towel in.

Her two companions tried to cheer her up, but it was pretty clear that they weren't that far behind her when it came to mood as well as energy levels.

However, just when they had hit the bottom, fate decided to finally throw them a bone, even if it was a meager one.

They didn't find a whole meteor on the next crash site, but a couple of fist sized chunks that probably fell off when the flaming ball of fire impacted the ground. It wasn't much, but it was a start. And a start was all they needed. Literally.

Spurred on by the find they decided to keep going. And oh boy what a great decision it turned out to be! Why? you ask? Oh, that's simple - because on the next crash site they found an absolute motherlode! I'm talking about one chunky piece of space rock. Taller than two M82A1s placed barrel to barrel, wider than a spread of a Spas 12 and weighing somewhere around the equivalent of an A-10 Warthog's armament. A wet dream of a space rock enthusiast if I do say so myself. Momo agrees by the way.

Once they managed to get Momo out of her daze, Izuku was free to start wailing on the meteor with his trusty Icepick. It didn't look very promising at first, as the rock that managed to fall from space and stay mostly intact turned out to be quite sturdy. What a surprise!

It didn't make Izuku back down however as he only tightened his grip on the handle of his tool to give his strikes just a little bit more oomph and sure enough, the meteor finally relented as a head-sized chunk fell off after a particularly powerful swing. Now he lacked only a plastic chair and a white can of Monster energy drink and he would be motivated, but he had to do with what he had at the moment. He May Cry about it later, but he is no Devil. All joked aside, Izuku doubled his efforts after that first success, though he was cautious about it so as not to tire himself out too quickly, and soon was cracking the meteor apart like it was nobody's business. Given enough time and cheers from his two companions he'd probably be able to break up the entire meteor, but that would be a very poor use of his energy as there was no way they'd be able to take all of it with them.

They packed up all they could carry and set off on their way home as the sky over their heads began to darken already. The weather may have shifted a fair bit, but they doubted that nights around here would be as warm as back at their place.

Thankfully Izuku's navigation skills made sure that they didn't get lost along the way and the absence of knee-deep snow allowed them to cover a vast distance in a short amount of time. They managed to get home just a few minutes after the sunset! That's like a personal best that none of them kept track of!

Another thing that someone didn't keep track of was the coast which was about to lead to something very embarrassing and even more arousing.

Let me paint you a picture - Izuku, Kyouka and Momo were quite fortunate on their adventure as the weather stayed rather pleasant throughout the day and spared them the additional strain of having to put up with blizzards and whatnots. Still, they've explored a bigger half of the jungle/forest in search of those coveted space rocks which would be tiring in and of itself, but in the end they were successful in their search and had gathered a bunch of meteorite chunks which then needed to be carried home. Yeah, it's even worse than it sounds. You try hauling space rocks across vast distances with baskets and bags.

"Maybe I should've made a wheelbarrow before we decided to head out?" Momo wondered idly, her body aching from all the walking that they'd done.

The feeling was shared between all three members of their expedition as all of them collectively thought about washing themselves off the grime and grit that had built up on their skin and then going straight to bed. Even the usually upbeat, motivated and excited workaholic that lived within Momo was down for some rest and relaxation despite having a whole new material to study and play around with.

The aching was joined by a certain kind of torpor that dulled their senses which played a big part in the events that were about to unfold.

Due to their senses being suppressed and them being overall out of it for the most part, neither Kyouka nor Izuku nor even Momo noticed the giggles that reverberated throughout their cave when they finally got home. Although even if they did notice them, they'd still be unable to connect the dots fast enough to stop before it was too late.

Still, what happened happened and it ended up changing a few things as well as putting some ideas in some heads.

Izuku, Momo and Kyouka walked into the sleeping part of their cave, intending to head down to the hellforge to deposit their spoils before going to wash themselves in the river and heading to bed, but froze once they made eye contact with Mina.

A topless Mina. Straddling Tooru who was currently laying on her back. An equally topless Tooru.

Never in the history of mankind had five people stood so perfectly still for exactly four seconds as they did now. It'd probably last a bit longer if it wasn't for Izuku, Momo and Kyouka suddenly losing all the torpor that they'd gained throughout the day as if they ate entire fistfulls of Stimberries and washed them down with a Stimulant cocktail and Mina and Tooru suddenly realizing that they were no longer alone and hastily trying to cover themselves up with whatever they could get their hands on.

Once the initial scramble ended the five teens were left to deal with the absolute fuckton of embarrassment that had just been dropped onto their hands. Walking in on someone clearly enjoying the moment as well as getting walked on is definitely not something that any of them expected. Even Tooru. I mean, she was into risky play, but not into getting outright caught!

Everyone tried to say something to break up the awkward stalemate, but the only thing that left their wide open mouths were some intangible stammers that were even harder to decipher than Izuku's word vomit of a mumbling habit that he had at the start of UA.

Eventually Momo assumed the role of the most mature person in the room - one that she usually occupied anyways - and cleared her throat before speaking, trying to sound cool and collected but the shaky undertone of her voice betrayed her.

"W-We'll go take a b-bath." She stated and then walked rigidly out of the room, Izuku and Kyouka following in her steps with some vague displays of agreement.


Once the emotions calmed down on both sides the five decided to sit down and have a little chat about what had happened. So here they were, sitting around their lit campfire with cheeks burning so hot that no amount of cold water could cool them down.

"So…" Momo started, or at least tried to but once again found herself at a loss of words.

She was having a hard time concentrating on the subject in a more mature manner as whenever she looked in either Tooru or Mina's direction all she could see was the image of them in bed. And it was doing nothing to make the heat leave her cheeks alone!

"Well, I guess it's out in the open now." Mina finally broke the silence with a deep sigh. "Honestly, I've no idea how to even try to explain this whole stuff to you guys…"

"Yeah, that sounds about right. I didn't know you two were into girls." Kyouka, who was probably the least shell-shocked out of the group, said in slight surprise. She had no idea that she wasn't the only one in their class playing for both teams!

"We didn't know either." Tooru clarified quickly which earned her three curious glances, prompting her to explain what she meant. "I mean, I for one always believed that I was only interested in guys and that whenever my eyes lingered on any of you it was because we are all absolute babes and not because I was actually interested in you…" Tooru revealed and Mina nodded in agreement, showing that her story was also similar.

"Wait, so it's like a recent development?" Izuku perked up, quite interested in the subject as any guy would probably be if placed in his shoes.

"Oh yeah, for sure!" Both Mina and Tooru immediately confirmed.

"So when did you guys realize that?" Momo inquired. "If you don't mind telling us of course!" She quickly added, hoping she didn't offend them with her curiosity.

"When we ended up making out in the hot springs a couple of months ago."

Welp, that was unexpected. And it showed as Izuku, Kyouka and Momo froze for a second, processing the news.

"Honestly, I'm surprised that we've managed to fly under you guys' radar for so long!" Mina giggled, slowly starting to get over the embarrassment. "But don't worry, we won't be all mushy-mushy with each other all the time! The last thing we want is to annoy you guys." She added after a few moments.

"Well, I don't think any of us have any problem with what the two of you have, but what does that mean for our harem agreement?" Momo questioned in wonder.

"Please don't call it a harem…" Izuku weakly protested but was promptly ignored.

"Oh." That made Mina and Tooru pause and look at each other as they had only just realized the complexity of their current position.

But before either of them could say something, Kyouka of all people spoke up.

"I think we've had enough serious talk for one evening, wouldn't you guys agree?" She asked and received nods of agreement in return. "So how about we head to bed and discuss this another day? I don't know about you, but I'm beat and in no shape to talk about the future." Kyouka said and then got up before heading towards the bed.

Her friends quickly realized just how tired they were and decided that some rest was in order, so they put a pin in the conversation and made mental notes to pick it up at a later date before joining Kyouka in bed; Mina and Tooru snuggling together just a bit tighter than usual.


The awkward atmosphere dissipated over the night and things went back to normal in just a couple of days. Momo was back to her mad scientist turned blacksmith self and spent most of the time experimenting with the meteor chunks they brought back, whilst the other four continued to forage for food on a daily basis. Only this time whenever Izuku and Kyouka would notice that Mina and Tooru were nowhere to be found they'd snicker and smirk at each other knowingly. Also sometimes use that opportunity to have some fun themselves.

But, as they probably should've expected by now, nothing lasts forever in this place and the prolonged peacefulness had to come to an end eventually. And come to an end it did, just not in a blaze of glory. Which was also something that they should've expected, as things rarely happened all of a sudden and they were usually eased into different situations.

As with many things in the past, the change this time around also began with a slow, barely noticeable shifting of weather. They were greeted in the morning by a soft mist that merely lurked at their feet and dissipated within minutes, as the evenings got a little more chilly with the occasional breeze making them shiver if caught in the open.

They didn't think much of it at first, as both of those symptoms were only an inconvenience at most, but made sure to keep track of them, just to make sure they weren't about to face another ice age coming to their doorstep unannounced. At least this time they had the infernal heat source that was Momo's hellforge!


Okay, I lied about today's chapter being completely devoid of lewd stuff, sue me, I know you liked it!

And now Bruce Banner with the official decision. Or rather his evil twin - Ban Bruccer!

Wait, let me break my Absolute Madman persona for a moment, I just tallied the votes here and over on Ao3 and I have a question - how the fuck did Crusader/Flagellant win? No, like, seriously, when did that happen? When I started counting I immediately ignored Tsuki No Me, Saibot, Cybrex, Contingency and Templar as I've not recalled seing them that often in the comments that I answered so I thought the final showdown would be between Deadshot, Martial Artist and Watchdog, but then I saw like three votes for Crusader/Flagellant in a row and decided to tally them up too. Talk about underdog story, eh? It honestly blew my mind so fucking hard that I don't know how I'm going to do it! I WILL doi it however, because I gave you the choice and it would be a pretty asshole move to ignore your thoughts on the subject!

So it's decided, the second fic that will run alongside Stranded in a month's time will be Project Crusader/Flagellant! And if you are curious, here are the stats of the vote:

3rd Place - Martial Artist & Watchdog - 7 votes

2nd Place - Deadshot - 8 votes

1st Place - Crusader/Flagellant - 9 votes

It was close as fuck, but I wasn't expecting the winner to appear on the scoreboard at all! To those that gave their vote for a different fic don't worry, there may come a time when we explore YOUR favorite idea! Especially since Crusader/Flagellant probably won't be that long unless I decided to tie it in with my Madman's Expanded Multiverse (MEMe for short (yes, the lower case 'e' has to be there for meme purposes, pun intended)) and add a bunch of plotpoints that I didn't think up yet!

Anyways that's it for today, so have a great day and I'll catch y'all next Friday with your weekly dose of Stranded!