It had been five years since the day Izuku had seen the horror, he was nine now. He had seen more since then, of course, it kind of came with the quirk. But he hadn't seen the same one as that day. He soon discovered after the incident that horrors came in all different shapes and sizes. They all were a perfect representation of your nightmares coming to life, and no matter how long it has been, Izuku doesn't think they will get any less scary.
He was currently sitting in his room at his desk. He raised his arms up and let out a cat-like stretch until he heard a satisfying pop in his shoulders. He brought his arms down and rested his hands on the book that lay there. It read "Hero Analysis for the Future #1". His mom had gotten the notebook per his request earlier that day. He had eagerly written in the title, but that was as far as he got. He has been staring at it for 30 minutes now, trying to convince himself to start writing. He has been gathering information about his quirk since the day he got it, it's been five years. He really needed to write stuff down before he forgot something.
He anxiously drummed his right hand's fingers on top of the books cover. He doesn't know what he's so afraid of, it's not like anybody is going to read it. He knew he was being silly, and being embarrassed about writing about himself was a bit childish, but he couldn't help it. This was going to be his future and he wanted to get it right. He let out a huff.
"Ok Izuku, let's do this." He quietly muttered to himself. He flipped the book open to the first page, picked up his pen and started to write.
Hero Analysis for the Future
Name: Izuku Midoriya
Hero Name: N/A
Quirk Name: Planes of Existence
Brief Quirk Description:
My body simultaneously resides in two different planes of reality. The first reality is what is considered normal, the human reality. There isn't much to say about that reality since it's, well, normal.
Then there is the second reality, I've taken to calling it my quirk reality, it's a simple and easy name to explain to people who don't know my quirk. My quirk reality is much more complex than the 'normal' one. It is inhabited by three different creatures (refer to abilities). My quirk allows me to interact and control these creatures.
Abilities: My abilities depend on the creature, so I will explain them creature by creature.
Blobs:
These were the first creatures I discovered. They are gelatinous amoeba shaped blobs and are an inky black. They have an elastic consistency and are in fact weightless, they hold onto things with a sticky slime that it secretes. Surprisingly these blobs are rather quick, I originally thought their slimy ooze would slow them down, but I was quickly proven wrong. Due to their weightlessness, they are much more agile then one would think, and are quite easy to pick up and throw around, or carry. Through different experimentations I've discovered that these blobs are brainless, they just move until they find a food source, or until I command them. These blobs stick themselves to people, in doing this they allow themselves to feed off the person's bad luck, injury, and in rare cases death. I originally thought that they caused injury to people, but it was later proven that they, in fact, amplify it.
For example, a person could be walking down a road with a large crack on it. They still have a chance of tripping on that crack and falling and hurting themselves. Now if said person had a blob or two attached to them, they now have a higher chance of falling on the crack then before.
Interestingly enough, I've witnessed a few cases where the blobs had stuck themselves to an electronic device and caused it to break. So although it appears to prefer people's bad luck, in cases of desperation it will consume it from an inanimate object.
My quirk allows me to control blobs. I can command them to attach themselves onto a person, this is something I only do in cases of desperation (I don't want to hurt anybody but if I have to I will.) I found this out when a thief had tried to mug me on my way home from school. I commanded the blobs to attach to his legs, he tripped over his own feet while I escaped. Now although I can command a blob to attach itself to a person or object, I can't just tell it to remove itself. I first need to touch the person, or object then the blobs will remove itself. This has proven to be frustrating on multiple occasions due to me not always being able to reach where the blobs are attached.
Blobs can also be used to cushion my fall, due to their elasticity it's much like falling on a trampoline. I do not yet know the limits I can fall before it would hurt though, I've only tested a fall of 10 feet. Finally, I've discovered the blobs are in fact shock absorbent. I've been able to test this theory due to Kacchan's punches. I can pick up the blobs and stick them to my body creating a pseudo set of armour. Since they are weightless it feels like I'm carrying nothing. I will admit it feels rather gross but better safe than sorry.
Cottons:
Cottons are little fluff balls with tiny wings reminiscent of a pixie. They are roughly the size of a raisin making them hard to spot from a distance. Like the blobs, they are also an inky black. They have proven to be slightly smarter than the blobs, but not by much. Their wings allow them to travel from person to person with ease. But due to their small size, they can't travel very far very fast. Much like how the blobs feed off bad luck, these tiny fluffs like to feed off people's negative emotions. Specifically emotions such as Sadness/depression, anxiety, guilt, and embarrassment. They hover over people's heads and feed off their emotions and amplify them. This allows me to somewhat analyze a person's mental state, which could help with hero work. I can command cottons to go on a person but I don't find it very useful. The only situation I could come up with where they would prove to be useful is to discourage the enemy by amplifying their negative emotions. I can also remove them from a person through touch like the blobs.
As for other uses I, unfortunately, have yet to find any, other than using them as earplugs.
Horrors:
This is the last of the creature trio. These things can only be described as the living embodiment of your nightmares. They are terrifying and terrifyingly evil. They all look different, I have yet to find two that look the same. Granted they aren't as common as blobs or cottons. Ever since my quirk developed, I've only seen 20 horrors through the years, which in comparison to the other creatures is not a lot.
Horrors are the predators of the quirk reality. They eat blobs and they eat cottons, but they also feed off of disasters and mass amounts of death. I discovered this when there was a devastating villain attack in the middle of the city, me and my mom had happened to be in the area when it occurred. When we passed by it there were 5 horrors gathered around the area, feeding. I'm not positive if they amplify things like the others since I can't study them as often. Unlike the other creatures, horrors have proven to be intelligent and self-aware. The first horror I ran into had noticed me and gone to what I could only assume was to attack me. Ever since then I've made sure to not get to close to one for safety.
Finally, I can't control them. I don't know if I'm not strong enough to, or if I'm not even supposed to be able to in the first place. Either way, I'm not 100% sure I would want to.
Side Notes and Observations:
I've come to realize that blobs and cottons don't try to feed off me. It puzzled me for a long time until I came to realize this was because they think I'm one of them. Since my body resides in both realities I must give off a different aura leading them to believe I am another creature.
I can't see any of these creatures on television or recordings. This because the recording is just of a single reality, allowing me a break from seeing constant blobs and cottons. This was a relief for me since I miss just looking at the normal world sometimes.
Even though the people around me can't see or interact with the creatures, their abilities still affect me as if they could. So, for example, I have a blob on my chest, and someone punches me there, I wouldn't feel it even though the person feels their fist colliding into my chest. I assume this is because my body is in both realities, so both things are affecting me at the same time.
Blobs and cottons will follow me indefinitely if I command them to. I tested this by telling a single blob (which I later named Mr. Gooey) to follow me, it did. For 8 months. I then told it to go away and see if it would come back to me at any time. It didn't, it just went back to brainlessly roaming my apartment. I now keep it in my closet for a different experiment.
I have yet to see a blob, cotton, or horror starve. I wonder if they even feed for survival.
Izuku read over his notes and nodded when he was satisfied. He had compiled everything that he had learned about his quirk over the past five years. His hand ached from all the writing. He glanced slightly at the closet where resided and instantly felt guilty. He really wanted the answer to his question 'Do they starve?' so he had locked him away in his empty closet. So far it's been 4 months, and it had yet to show any signs of starvation.
Izuku stood up and stretched until his back popped, he had gotten carried away with writing and had stayed hunched over longer then he wanted. He glanced at the clock and noted that it was past midnight. It was a Saturday night and Izuku really didn't feel like sleeping yet. He didn't have anything important to do tomorrow, and he didn't have anywhere to be due to his lack of friends.
"I guess it's time to watch some heroes at work." He quietly muttered to himself. He walked over to his computer desk and sat down, turning on the monitor. He let out a content smile as he started to watch his favourite All Might video. It was so inspiring, he couldn't help it that his heart lurched every time he heard the phrase "I am here!" it always sent jitters down his spine. He remembered when he was much younger he would watch this video on repeat for hours, All Might had quickly become his number one idol and favourite hero.
Izuku sat there watching different videos of All Might to more obscure rare footage of underground heroes. He loved every second of it. He slowly drifted to sleep, somewhere in the middle of a video about the underground hero "Eraserhead" his last thought was 'Wow he seems pretty cool.' Then he was dead to the world.
