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cronological timeline of the series as a whole-
sludge villain incident happens (not explicitly pictured in this au)
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Izuku is thrown off a roof by all might; Izuku dies.
Katsuki sees Izuku thrown and knows All Might did it; Katsuki sees Izuku die; All Might redirects Kats' quirk to his own face, Kats dies. (these two events are in 'am i dead')
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Katsuki and Izuku discover All Might can hear them talking even though they're quite dead (this event takes place in 'candle we lit')
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USJ happens, the staff hold parent-teacher conferences to reassure the parents of the school's ability to take care of their kids. (not explicitly pictured in this au)
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Shouto tells All Might that Endeavor is abusing him under the guise of training; All Might calls Shouto a liar and says that he shouldn't go around spreading baseless rumors.
All Might hands Shouto to Endeavor and tells him what Shou said; Endeavor takes Shou home and beats the fuck out of him; Shou dies with his siblings as witness; endeavor threatens siblings to silence, siblings leave and don't return.
Aizawa declares shouto missing after a visit to the todoroki household reveals endeavor doesn't know where he is; shouto follows aizawa to the school and meets the other ghosts (these events take place in 'i'd tell someone')
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shou, kats, and izu figure out they can touch things now (this event takes place in 'candle we lit')
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The Sports festival takes place; tokoyami wins, hitoshi also placed on a podium. their quirks attract the attention of the league (not explicitly pictured in this au)
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Hitoshi is pulled aside during lunch to talk to All Might; All Might gives Hitoshi a mission to complete
Eijirou runs into hitoshi on his way to the bathroom and finds out he had a meeting with All Might.
Hitoshi is ambushed by villains and beaten badly, injured purposefully so he can't physically leave without help (not explicitly pictured in this au)
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Hitoshi spends six days wasting away at the bottom of a pit in an abandoned construction zone; Hitoshi dies of a combination of his injuries and starvation/dehydration.
Hitoshi goes back to UA with the intention of haunting All Might for giving him a suicide mission; hitoshi meets izu, kats, and shou and agrees to help them haunt All Might (these events take place in 'are we too young for this')
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the four ghosts discover they can be seen, to a certain extent; mostly by All Might, usually only for a few seconds at a time and only fleetingly but enough to make him very uncomfortable (this event takes place in 'candle we lit')
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Eijirou sees flashes of his classmates and two kids he doesn't know but seem familiar.
Eijirou finds Hitoshi's phone and finds evidence of his mission from All Might in a messaging app.
Eijirou pieces together that shouto had been assigned all might on parent-teacher night before he stopped showing up for school; he also finds out izu and kats were victims a villain attack that All Might was involved in before their disappearances were reported. (these events take place in 'leave me nothing')
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Eijirou is out for a walk when he runs into All Might, who leads him to the trash-beach under the pretense of wanting to get to know him better.
All Might leads the conversation into hints about the other kids and Eijirou responds in kind (not explicitly pictured in this au)
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Eijirou accused All Might of murder to his face; All Might attacks Eijirou, who defends himself w his quirk and attempts to hide.
Eijirou is suffocated for long enough to become disoriented and dizzy; All Might dumps him in the sand and pushes a big pile of trash onto him; Eijirou suffers head injury and is impaled, passes out and dies of his injuries a few hours later.
Eijirou memorizes where his body is and heads back for UA, joining the ghosts in their haunting (these events take place in 'leave me nothing')
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all five ghosts are stalking all might when izuku looses his temper and tries to attack him;
one for all reaches out to them and zaps them with enough energy to make them temporarily tangible
the ghosts jump all might, leaving hand- print bruises and aches on him.
ofa vestiges try and figure out what exactly they just did; one of them suggests they try and transfer ofa to the ghosts. (these events take place in 'candle we lit')
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general fuckery, the ghosts haunt the everloving daylights out of ass might at any and all hours, nothing is off the table
the students take a slow notice to them, but don't really put anything together since they don't have context (events not yet pictured, subject to change)
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Aizawa runs into Izuku on a rooftop; izuku hints that he knows the missing students; izuku disappears. Aizawa figures out who Izuku is, missing person, and asks hizashi to keep an eye out for any sort of 'paranormal' or 'ghostly' activities. (these events take place in chapter 2 of 'as a flower')
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Dabi takes a walk and finds his long-lost little brother, unaware he's been declared missing for the last few months;
Shouto reveals he's dead and they have a little heart to heart, Shouto asks dabi to help him scare and kill endeavor; shouto wants to bring all the siblings in on it, make it a family thing.
Dabi agrees. (these events take place in chapter 1 of 'as a fire')
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Dabi starts sending vaguely-threatening messages to endeavor, hinting at things he shouldn't know, insinuating he'll tell, things like that; generally just pissing him off.
eventually tells endeavor that he's touya and that shouto had told him to help haunt him with their memories. endeavor complains about this to fellow heroes and opens an investigation; investigation goes nowhere. (not yet pictured, subject to change)
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Mic is having a long ass day, runs into kats on a dark empty street and is concerned; kats essentially tells him 'don't fucking worry about it, it wouldn't matter anyway' which makes mic more concerned.
kats is cryptic about not being alone and then disappears into the night; mic goes home and tells aizawa he met a ghost and spends the next day researching it; aizawa and mic realize their ghosts might be connected in more than just the dead way when they read the profiles side-by-side
mic and aizawa are suspicious and keep their ears open for any other info (these events will be pictured in a chapter of 'as a flower')
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all todoroki siblings get together and make a plan to lure endeavor into a trap, shouto gets to scare the fuck out of endeavor, touya gets to burn him to a crisp, fuyumi and natsuo get the satisfaction of knowing he can't hurt anyone snymore and also the knowledge that both their brothers are slightly more alive than previously thought, for the most part.
endeavor's pr says he went on a vacation or a long-term mission, but he never turns up again (events not yet pictured, may be subject to change)
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eijirou bumps into mina on the playground she cuts through in her neighborhood; she drags him to her house and he explains that he's dead and someone had murdered him.
she demands to know who and he says she'll know soon, but not yet, or he'll kill her.
she's not happy about it but lets it go; she suspects a teacher and realizes who it probably is just before they leave for camp. (events will be pictured in a chapter of 'as a flower')
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Denki goes out for a walk at night and unexpectedly meets hitoshi in the park; hitoshi tells him he's a ghost and basically the same 'i can't tell you or he'll kill you too' that mina did;
denki figures out who it is around the time mina does; he figures out she probably knows when she's uncomfortably quiet when all might is brought up. (events will be pictured in a chapter of 'as a flower')
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Ghosts tell nedzu what happened in full completion and ask for his help in revealing all might's sins to the rest of the staff; nedzu agrees and they plan for the staff meeting taking place after training camp ends and everyone is back on campus (events will be pictured in a chapter of 'as a flower')
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Training camp is attacked; tokoyami is kidnapped, his quirk proves a challenge for the league, he escapes on his own just a few seconds before the heroes busted in to save him.
all might fights afo and small might is revealed to the world (not explicitly pictured in this au)
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All Might recovers and goes to UA for a staff meeting to discuss the dorms and new rules/ regulations being put into place.
the ghosts show up at the end and reveal to the staff that didn't know that All Might is a murderer.
All Might is fired on the spot and sent home, the staff don't know why but don't question nedzu. (events take place in 'feel the anger')
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all might heads home, on edge and fully expecting a villain to try and take advantage of his weak form; all might is doing everything possible to keep himself hidden. (not explicitly pictured)
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The ghosts realize that part of the sensation they've been experiencing is hunger; they attack all might, intending on bragging that other people know what he did now.
hitoshi breaks skin on all might's cheek; hitoshi ingests some of the blood from the cut and immediately falls into something like bloodlust; the other ghosts follow suit, trying the blood. they tear all might apart, literally.
one for all transfers completely into the ghosts, the vestiges become visible; nana tells all might he's a failure of a hero (events take place in 'feel the anger')
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the ghosts eat all might all the way, like leave no bones all the way, they don't realize it until they come back to themselves completely; they don't regret it but do think it's kind of funny.
The kids tell nedzu about it and UA makes the statement that All Might has retired, leaving his status to the current acting second hero, hawks. (events not explicitly pictured in this au)
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The kids are more settled now, with all might dead and his actions bare for his former co-workers to see. They're more aware of a different discomfort, now; they want their bodies to be found. (events not explicitly pictured, subject to change.)
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the ghosts approach the staff at their next meeting and ask to be found; the heroes agree immediately and pull together a task force to do so.
the kids lead them to each of their bodies and as they're found, they feel even more settled; the general discomfort of staying after death is completely abated with the combination of being found and being part of ofa. (events not yet pictured, subject to change.)
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The ghosts are introduced to the class, some students tell them they figured out who killed them and had known for a little while; the ghosts reveal who did it to everyone and reassure them he won't ever do it again, couldn't even if he wanted to.
the class accepts them into the fold and they go anout learning how to be heroes; they can't get licenses bc they're dead, but they can be registered as support equipment or quirk aid so they register as that. for the whole class.
they follow the kids through their careers, seeing their souls to the afterlife, and when all of them are gone, the ghosts finally let go of the mortal plane and join their classmates in the afterlife where they celebrate for the rest of their un-lives. (events not pictured, may be subject to change.)
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The End :)