@kasouu || cont’d.
how curious.
it's all very peculiar, when considered up close - well, as close as overhaul could viably get. each step forward seemed to garner ten steps back, yet no defensive stance is offered by either party. despite the vacuum like atmosphere between them - ( threatening to swallow the oxygen out of the room and blow out the windows ) there's no real change in the dip of the masked man's jaw, rather ; arms splay to his sides, gesturing at the wide expanse of the compound surrounding them.
" not the miserable type, then. "
instigating from the start is not always the best course of action with villains, but there's always the chance it fires them up. easily antagonized individuals ; so quick to let their guard down, painfully unaware of the ramifications for pledging fealty to an enemy of overhaul’s. pathetic, scurrying little things, ---- chomping at the bit just to SURVIVE! why bother, why not admit defeat from the first step?
shoulders hunched, legs parted in a way that gives him stability. overhaul's hand brushes over an opposite glove - thoughtful. this man would not strike first, despite coming, presumably, as a messenger from the league? there is much to acknowledge. first, position laxes ; overhaul pulls himself straight, chin lifting, mask pointed directly at the other man like an accusing target. aurous hues watch ever-so-carefully, unblinking, examining.
this is not a man meant to last. literally, as a person tearing at their seams, he, too, appears to be clinging to life - though, in a different way. it's not that heinous, RAMPANT thing that looks so strongly like a cornered tiger ; something much worse than that, a cryptid, urban legend that refuses to die even when the mouths of children stop spreading the story. staples seem to hold the flesh in bits and pieces, though it doesn't save the raw sinew from the elements - ( survival is not PAINFUL for this man! ) not in the textbook sense, anyhow. perhaps nerves were destroyed, or, more interesting, a case of CIPA, or, even MORE intriguing ; none of the above.
after all, that is not the expression of someone concerned with how they are moving. head tilts, processes ticking through his skull ; overhaul's tone only comes forward when he settles his gloved palms into his pockets.
" state your business. i have no intentions of dirtying my domicile if i don't have to. wiping down the blood is getting old ; i keep having to get my jacket dry-cleaned. if you come bearing information from shigaraki-san, then see yourself to a seat - an agreement with us is an agreement. "
thoughtful pause ; this man may have caught a glimpse of overhaul back then, but a formal introduction it was certainly not - ( shigaraki had been right, however, to consider overhaul a ' big fish '. ) this, overhaul feels, simply will not do. a guest is just that, and who are the ' shie hassaikai ' if not honorable individuals?
" that aside. . it's a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance ; dabi. ---- toga is quite chatty about you. "
