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| Mel Sweets | @Smiley J
Location: Shinjuku, Japan. | Current Status:

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Shinjuku!~ Place fucking sucks. It's also where Mel lives! After all, the apartments close to the criminal hotspots have such nice, affordable rent that he'd be stupid not to take the chance! It's not like he's left wanting for anything while living here: sure, his apartment is a single room only, but it is nicely furnished, organized and homely! Just what he'd want while living alone, free to be himself! Best of all? No one asks questions.

If he comes across a neighbor while carrying a random couch on his back? No questions! If he shows up a bit bloodied? Some looks, but no questions! It's amazing how well they'll live and let live around these parts!

Today? Today he was planning on coming home loaded with jewelry that didn't belong to him, probably to offload it with some fence to get a nice, quick pile of cash for himself! As fat as his 'college savings' are, a villain still needs to put in actual work if he wants to survive in this sort of world. Besides, as long as he gets his money illegally, it's not like he's ONLY helping the authoritarian machine that he hates! He still inconveniences it!..Somewhat. Whatever, doesn't matter!! He wants to go out on some expensive dates and he needs the dosh for it!

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By the time anyone was any the wiser, it was too late. The unassuming, well dressed guy had suddenly raised chaos in one of the various chain jewelry stores around Shinjuku, razing the shop with his rampaging powers until satisfied! Thankfully, everyone inside had 'miraculously' managed to leave the store unharmed, all of them speaking of a short guy/girl destroying everything around him while barely moving a muscle! Terrifying, truly terrifying!

Truth was, Mel had caused some damage mostly to scare them away, so that he could start swiping every bit of jewelry he saw into a large, hollowed-out jawbreaker he made himself. To be honest, since this was Shinjuku, he didn't expect anyone to get here in time, at least not anyone that could slow him down. The worst he had ever gotten in one of these small-time raids were cops, perhaps an upstart tiny hero or two. All, of course, innefective in stopping him.

What would change now?~ In fact, he was so confident that he had gotten a slight bit distracted when he arrived at the staff breakroom to see if there were any valuables that he could just take for himself, only to see a pair of nice, full vending machines with drinks and food respectively! Before he knew it, he had his legs on the table, leaning back on a chair while gorging himself on some sugary shit! His appetite was comically deep for a guy like him, especially his appetite for sweets. Not that it was ALL unjustified - his blood sugar goes down bit by bit when he uses his abilities!

And again.. not like anyone would show up!~

[Eiji Harada]

Trouble in Shinjuku? Hell no he was having none of that.

Normally innocent people were left out of their gang wars, but had their rivals finally grown so bold as to attack the stores and shops openly? It wouldn't surprise him their enemies weren't exactly known for their tact, being a gang of assassins and all. However, this was next level. It was so bad in fact that he had dropped whatever he was doing and heading there himself. Heroes and cops wouldn't make it in time, they didn't know the streets like he did. Shinjuku was his home turf and he wasn't about to let some degenerate slip away unpunished.

By the time he reached the place in question he was already mad, panting as he kicked down the front door, leaving it worse than it already was as glass shattered onto the floor of the establishment. ''I know you're in there! Come out now and I'll show mercy!'' There were zero thoughts in his head, only anger. With how angry he sounded he probably didn't come across as a convincing negotiator either. ''I'll give you ten seconds!'' He shouted as he stomped back and forth. Clearly not counting to ten, as about three seconds later he just decided to charge ahead, running right into staff breakroom. What he saw in there was not something he was prepared for. This person, this... guy? He was just lounging around and enjoying snacks. Perhaps the most damning fact was that Eiji didn't recognize him, he was an outsider. ''Who the hell are you?!'' He shouted, pointing an index finger at Mel.

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| Mel Sweets | @Smiley J
Location: Shinjuku, Japan. | Current Status: 

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This shit's the best! Free candy that he just swiped from a machine! Gummies, chocolates, cookies.. even some potato chips, although the salt did make him scrunch up a bit before he got used to it! After all, he's sensitive to salt and totally because of his quirk, even if doctors assured him more than once when he was little that there were no signs of that being an internal mutation. The doctors are wrong anyway! What do they know? Like.. 10 years of college? Means nothing!~ He knows best, totes.

So, as he was checking his phone, munching down on yet another bag of candy, he could swear that he heard someone barge into the shop and screaming out some threats. If they were that violent, then it was probs some other villain who wanted to take whatever was left. Didn't matter to him, he already had everything he had inside the jawbreaker that was taking with him, so they could scrape for whatever leftovers they could find, he couldn't care less. As long as they didn't barge into the breakroom to try and steal his candy, that's a no-go!

Then, the 'villain' did the one thing that he didn't want him to. Barging in, loud as they come, pointing fingers and asking questions. Mel hadn't even dignified this lousy, loud little shit with his gaze yet, clearly displeased and highly annoyed that his peace would be broken by someone he couldn't care less for. So, slamming his feet on the table once out of anger, he'd down the can of Iced Tea, crushing it with minimal effort before he threw it aside. "...gghGGHAAARGH! Why couldn't you just grab what you wanted and le--??" Angry, hostile and very clearly a male's voice, he turned his gaze to berate this petty, no-good, loud asshole for the grave crime of annoying him a bit, Mel's gaze froze in a wide-eyed, shocked stare when he laid his eyes on Eiji. This wasn't a hero, the outfit he was wearing wasn't even a hero suit.. but was he a villain? That self-righteous stare that Mel knew oh so well.. No way..!

"Oh. My. GOSH! Are you an actual, in-the-flesh, honest to god fuckin' Vigilante!? And a tall twink too!~ Wanna go on a date?" Mel asked, his face having considerably brightened up and softened as well, his tone even softening up into something still distinctly male, but arguably androgynous. Of course, he didn't move from his spot since he didn't exactly feel threatened by the hothead that just barged in but, of course, he still paid attention to his movements. Y'know, just in case he's insane enough to fire off his powers inside an Employee Breakroom, where they keep several possessions.

[Eiji Harada]

All he could see was red, how dare this guy come in here and disrupt an honest business that was just trying to bring improvement to their community. The worst part was he didn't recognize Mel at all, that made it harder to know who his allies were. One thing was for sure, he was most likely a villain and those weren't welcome around here.

''Cut the crap, I'm not here to steal!'' He clenched the fist of his prosthetic arm. He didn't look the slightest bit intimidated, would he have to escalate things to a fight? Eiji hardly had time to think about that as what Mel said next caught him completely by surprise. ''A-A twink? Date?!'' Was his face red from anger, or because he was embarrassed? Well... Mel wasn't exactly bad-looking, in fact... No!! He was still a bad guy! ''Don't be stupid I came to fight you s-so square up!!'' His voice was shaky, but he did his best to hide behind his anger as he grabbed a nearby chair with one hand and tossed it at Mel.

''You're facing Guts, the Heart of the Hummingbirds! I'll kick your ass and hand you over to the police!'' Charging forward, Eiji took a swing at Mel to try and land a jab on him, activating his quirk to channel fire through his prosthetic arm. Whether it hit Mel or not, this fire would most likely ignite something around them, making it clear that Eiji wasn't really thinking about his surroundings the way Mel was. ''State your name, coward!''

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| Mel Sweets | @Smiley J
Location: Shinjuku, Japan. | Current Status:  

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Oh? Ooooh?~ One can't figure out if that redness is anger or embarrassment, but the shakiness to the voice can't really be attributed to anger. Perhaps it could, but Mel wouldn't do that. No.. he knew exactly what 'Guts' is now and that knowledge brought the happiest, smuggest smirk to the boy's face, even as he found himself blocking a thrown chair with a small barrier of granular sugar, letting it serve as cushion to slow the chair - which would slow it down enough for him to safely catch and put down. No fuss needed.

"Hand me to the cops? Gosh, you're s--!" Alarmed by the sudden charge, Mel found himself standing up as quickly as he could, quite clumsily so, finding himself wobbly on his feet as he crossed his arms in front of his face, a layer of hardened sugar generating in front of him, catching Eiji's wild jab! Not only was his aggressiveness alarming, seeing flames spread from his mechanical arm did concern him quite heavily, knowing that heat in general is one of the harshest counters to his quirks. Still, that he had managed to keep that punch from making contact implied that his quirk was either stronger or Eiji wasn't going all out just yet.

He doubted he was the type to ever hold back, but the option couldn't be discarded. What he DID know is that this hotheaded twink is very much vulnerable to his words! So, stepping back, he'd notice the growing flames on the table and react quickly to choke them out by blanketing them with sugar, leaving a hardened pile of sugar on it. Better than a fire.

"Jeez, cutie!~ You gotta watch where you're spitting that fire, you could torch this whole place down!" Mel started by teasing him, uncrossing his arms and dropping the half-melted  shield to the ground. Getting a good look at him, he'd even lean in a bit, staring right into his eyes with that smug grin. "You're SUCH a bad, bad boy..~ Tell you what: If we go out on a date, I'll tell you my name! I'll even let you kiss me.~" Mel teased him yet again, giving him a wink. Of course, as he did so, he was predicting that 'Guts' would likely react with another aggressive attack, in which case, he was ready to counter him!

[Eiji Harada]

He blocked the chair with something... Some barrier? A construct? Most likely his quirk but what was it made of, salt? It didn't matter, what really mattered was beating the shit out of this smug little shit and teaching him a lesson. ''Why are you doing this? What's your motive? You work for a rival gang?!'' His punch hadn't connected the way he hoped. So this guy's quirk was entirely defensive? That was going to be a problem if he couldn't break through his constructs.

It wasn't until he used his quirk to create a pile of sugar to put out the flames that it clicked for him. Sugar. It was a sugar power? More importantly, he was putting out the fire, did that mean he didn't want the store to burn down? No, surely it was just so this villain could protect his own goods!

''Wh-Who are you calling a cutie?! This is a fight! A serious fight with our lives on the line!'' He pointed an accusatory finger at Mel. Whatever sick tactic this was, flirting in the middle of battle, it was somehow working!! He wasn't used to someone flirting with him when he was trying to throwdown and it was seriously messing with his groove. ''I'm not looking to go on a date with a pervert like you! F-Fight me seriously, man to man!'' His face was beet red. This guy was unbelievable!! As predictable as ever things went exactly the way Mel expected. Taking another swing at Mel, this time with his regular arm, he tried to catch him off-guard with another punch. An attack that might have worked if he wasn't so flustered and painfully predictable.

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| Mel Sweets | @Smiley J
Location: Shinjuku, Japan. | Current Status:  

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"Gang? You think so little of me, honey?" Faced with such an awful accusation, Mel would fake sob right in front of Eiji without even dropping his little smirk, clearly only doing it to tease the hotheaded vigilante. But still, his question warranted a response so, thinking of how to word his reasons, he decided that they really didn't need justification. "Why else would I raid a big chain jewelry store? Money and pissing off big corpo suits!~" Said with a sort of jubilant pride that he hadn't shown Eiji yet, the honest tone of someone who truly believed what he said and what he did. In fact.. that tone only became stronger on the secod reason. Could he, in the state that he's in, even perceive that? Mel figured he wouldn't and that was just fine by him.

What came after was just as predictable as the short villain hoped. Making poor Guts lose his cool made his scrappy style of fighting devolve into something so much more basic, telegraphed and predictable, dodged with quick footwork and quick movements on his torso to lean back to dodge the punch. The 'unexpected' second punch didn't work either, since a 'One-Two' is as simple as it gets. And yet, he could see that he's quite the fast guy.. and he hadn't used fire this time. If only he could get his emotions under control, he could grow into a truly interesting heroling! 

That, sadly, was probably not going to be Mel's job. Not that he'd be opposed to training a vigilante if they were to seek his help, but what sort of self-respecting vigilante would ask for the help of a flirt-o-maniac thief's help? 

"Me? A PERVERT?~ I only offered a kiss! ..Oh my, were you thinking of something deeper!?~" The sugary little gremlin asked with a mocking laugh, even 'countering' Eiji's failed rush by leaning in and planting a quick peck to his forehead, before pulling back again, watching him closely, ready for what he hoped would be more telegraphed attacks that he could deal with. "Gotta take me on that date first!~ I could even help you train, y'know.. I actually quite like you herolings! Unshackled, free to do what's right..~" The thief admitted, focus unbroken, waiting for what came next. Since he held no aimosity towards Eiji and didn't feel particularly threatened, his plan was to let him blow off steam and tire himself out. Risky as it is, since reinforcements could show up, he didn't want to hurt someone who's worst sin was being too hotheaded in the pursuit of honest justice.

[Eiji Harada]

His response made it clear he wasn't a member of his rival gang. If he was, he would have been way too eager to bring it up and wear it as a badge of honor. ''So you're working on your own then? Just some no-good idiot who wants to hurt big corps? There are better ways to do that!'' Ways that didn't upset the peace of Shinjuku in any case.

This guy was nimble if anything! None of his punches were landing and to make matters worse, his prosthetic arm was starting to feel more outdated by the second, unable to keep up with his developing quirk as it was still too overheated to throw another flame attack. ''I wasn't asking for anything sh-shut up!'' Another miss and this time Mel countered by... Kissing his forehead?! He was beet red as he backed up a few paces, putting one hand over his forehead where he was kissed. ''I don't mix dating with fighting! Besides, I don't go out with villains!'' No matter what he did, he just couldn't seem to get a cool head as this guy's every tease worked perfectly against him. ''I'm no 'heroling' don't lump me in with those bastards!'' And just like that he charged at Mel again, trying to take another swing at him.

Only, Eiji was getting slower, much slower. Was he getting tired already? Maybe he had used his quirk to early? Or was it the sugar quirk this villain was using? ''I only date cute guys.'' He grinned, still staring daggers at Mel. ''Robbing a store isn't cute.''

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