[ For a fragile and seemingly endless moment, it's just a void - but a white void, devoid even of the black you'd think to find there. Katsuki doesn't recall how he got there or know what to think. Maybe, though, he sees one person - or a few? - he recognizes. If so, he'll maybe take a step -

But then suddenly, there's more than the void. Katsuki's not in the middle of any of the water areas exactly, but he does end up in the lighthouse - as it grows. Suddenly there's walls cutting off his vision, and a roof closing overhead, the inside expanding as he tries to catch his balance, and then the spiral staircase juts up out of the - floor? there's a floor now? - growing like some insane metal plant even as it catches the underside of his feet. The arcade machines come from above, falling into place like tetris blocks.

Luckily, he's always been fast on his feet, so he'll dodge. If you're not able to, regardless of if he knows you or not, he'll drag out out of the way. There's no explosion to help propel them and he doesn't expect that so there may be a curse and he may get clipped by a thing or two until he adjusts, but it's fine, probably.

If you don't need a rescue, maybe you're just catching your breath after everything...slots itself into place and stops growing and moving, in which case Katsuki's gripping the staircase railing and looking at the giant metal claw overhead with some suspicion.

It doesn't look like anything else is moving, but. ]

I don't even like video games.

[ Not...really, anyway. He'll play them, sometimes, but the blond has always had better things to do with his time. ]

[ When lost in a weird as fuck place - someone's Quirk? A dream? Both seem like strong possibilities - it's maybe natural to seek out the familiar. That instinct, however, leads to Katsuki being even more disturbed. He recognizes the outside of the Unforseen Simulation Joint, of course. The last time he was there his class had been attacked, because class 1A can't have nice things and they always get attacked by villains when they do anything, even a simple class shopping trip.

But the inside of the dome is immediately different. It's weird, because he can recognize bits and pieces of the landscape but it's all - different, too. The starry sky above wasn't there last time, and most of the simulation areas are missing. There's the mountain area, but it's sort of wrong - seems like it's mixed with the water training area. And then there's the blaze area, but...

This isn't where he fought villains with Kirishima back at the USJ battle. It's some weird manor, and Katsuki's squinting at it when one of the Fireys playfully tosses a ball at his face from the side.

Katsuki whirls, and on instinct raises his right hand even though he's figured out his Quirk is on the fritz - but instead of flame engulfing his hand and burning him to a crisp when he's unable to deflect with an explosion, he harmlessly catches the fire. Or fumbles it, at least, and manages to catch it after.

It's weird as hell, and he can be found frowning with flames cupped between his palms or even tossing the balls back to the fireys with an annoyed expression as he gets frustrated. For the first option where he's contemplating fire in his palms: ]

The laws of physics really don't mean shit here, do they.

[ Meanwhile, if you want to catch him getting annoyed with fireys: ]

STOP THROWING SHIT AT ME!

[ Either way, Katsuki seems grumpy as hell. This is, however, his normal state of being. ]

[ Something else he almost recognizes, though not from visiting it in-person: the Eiffel Tower.

...Which, somehow, is even worse than USJ.

Katsuki scales the cliffs out of sheer determination mostly, and it's...weird. Pulsing. Apparently alive. He's seriously contemplating doing something about that heart just out of a morbid sense of curiostiy when he hears something - and no, it's not you coming up behind him or popping out from god knows where. It's a voice he recognizes, annoyed expression shifting to further annoyance as he turns around, scanning the distance for that irritating face...

It's a ghowl, though, although right now it looks like an ordinary boy's figure in the distance. Even though it looks that way, Katsuki's eyes narrow. ]

...What the hell?

[ That seems off, somehow. If you're here for this prompt, prepare for an unpowered fight with some demon owls, apparently. ]

[ Eventually he circles back to what looked like a restaraunt - or bar? - in the hopes of finding something to eat. Or drink. While the second is the only thing that works, Katsuki doesn't mind, opting to grab some bottled water and sit at the bar inside, moodily drinking...water. Look. Even if he could find alcohol, he wouldn't be drinking it, which is why he pauses to re-read the label (which makes little sense once he looks at it) after drinking, glaring at it.

He better not get tricked into underage drinking here??? He has a record to keep spotless???

So the first option is with him angry as usual: ]

Does this taste weird to you?

[ Your own bottle. Not his.

The second option, however, is maybe more weird for anyone who knows him but way more inviting for anyone who doesn't. Katsuki is actively smiling and looks calmer, which is a feat and a half for him. He even sounds friendly, although probably still a bit more on the short side. ]

So, what do you think all this bullshit is?

[ Like. It could be more polite, but he sounds like he's in a good mood? ]

[ If nothing above works, feel free to make up your own prompt or to contact me to work something out! You can hit me up most easily via PM, roseburst at plurk, or Maggie #0451 at discord. ]