park ranger? more like park anger -- open, wandering Tanglewooder

[arcy]

When Atbash arrives, Izuku eases up a little. Just the comfort of not having to deal with this stuff alone. Izuku was a literal trainwreck of anxiety, and while he wasn't terribly close to Atbash, he was fond of her. So, if he shuffles closer to the yellow-furred feline, he can't be blamed.
"K -- Kacchan," Izuku says, a little blankly. His head is pounding, but Izuku barely notes it. Bakugou Katsuki. Oh god another one. He should be more shocked -- reacting a little more strongly, maybe. He'd had a full-on breakdown the first two times and now he was here. Oh boy. His childhood friend(??? probably not friend??) was here now, and seriously how did he die. He didn't even realize. Izuku isn't quite sure how to respond, instead choosing to maintain the same expression a fish might. Was. Was this the day he got outed. Izuku hadn't even told anyone he used to be human because it was such a weird concept, even to these people. However, it's when Atbash speaks that Izuku snaps out of his daze, blinking a few times as he looks over at the flurryhost. She seems nervous. Okay, time to take the brunt of this.
"Th ... there's definitely humans, and they're most definitely hurting us more than helping us," Izuku says with a weak, lopsided grin. Could they let Kacchan onto the territory? Perhaps, perhaps not, Izuku isn't sure he had that sort of authority. Besides, none of the villains were even here. Izuku would know for a fact if they were. Plus, they seemed more prone to turning into animals then staying human. Like Toga. Just Toga. "But the villains sure aren't here, Kacchan," Izuku's nose wrinkles just the slightest, and he shuffles his wings a little restlessly. Should he ... clarify? That he was who he was implying to be? ... No, no thanks. Calling him Kacchan should be enough. And also the fact that Izuku was an alarmingly green cat. He hopes he doesn't get exploded in the next moment because Izuku isn't quite sure how he'd respond. Or how anybody else would respond. Would just Tanglewooder attacking their mildly violence-prone Tenderfoot be enough to spark a war or even just tense relations or something? Probably not, they weren't that important, but boy if Izuku wasn't paranoid about this and politics.

☀ what was i worth