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Blast Away.
In that very moment those accursed words tore out of his mouth with such supreme suppression it was clear it took everything to command them to do just that and not something much, much worse.
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“Simple Domain?”, the short russet haired girl echoed inquisitively, head a-tilt like a curious sparrow. Nobara Kugisaki, first year at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College- or more simply Tokyo Jujutsu High. To her back and equally inquiring was her more stoic classmate who was standing behind her like a tall shadow. First year Megumi Fushiguro. He was silent, stone-faced as always. His spiky mess of black hair partially covering his downward angled head. But his eyes were slid to the side and on Nobara who was now tapping a slender manicured finger on her jawline.
“Yupparooni! Ya got that right! We learned it from ‘em sissy Kyoto kids! Right, Toge?” the talking panda before her responded, its paws on its hips, cuddly grin on its furry face. Aptly named Panda, second year at Tokyo Jujutsu High, the two new bloods seniority. Beside him quietly stood the other second year, Toge Inumaki, who was fiddling with his straight, platinum blond locks between his pointer and thumb.
“Salmon.” Toge confirmed in his soft muffled onigiri language- because of his Curse Speech, of course.
“-Because that incompetent teacher of ours can’t teach us jack..!”, bit out the other girl standing nearby on the outskirts of their conversation, she flipped dark green-hued hair with a flick of her chin, tall stature cocked as she rested her naginata over her shoulders. Second year Maki Zen’in. Which, at the head-turn of Panda she added “Not that it matters I learn this, anyways..”
The group was standing in dewy grass by the campus track field. It was all the second years and first years minus Yuta Okkotsu and Yuji Itadori respectively. The sky was a dull purplish grey with sightless sun just beginning to peek above the horizon. The air had the dullest amount of twinkle from mountain mist which swathed the land. It was a refreshing and remarkably clear, wonderful morning. It was a shame that it had to be spent discussing school and missions. Nobara herself had complained greatly about having to be woken up and dragged outside- asserting that a girl NEEDS her beauty sleep to keep up her looks- stating that it was hardly enough time to do her morning skin routine or doll herself up. Which didn’t even matter in the end as she took her sweet time to be fashionably late anyways. Everybody else, however, got up with no problems, since they’re actually normal.
Nobara reached into the leather bag belted around her waist- it held her Cursed Tools needed for her Cursed Technique and, more ‘importantly’ her things- and pulled out lipgloss to obsessively renew her ‘old’ coat
“Well. I heard that blindfolded idiot-” Nobara began, the terminology of which brought an upward quirk to the edge of Maki’s mouth, “-mention it once. Or was it his mini-me?” said finally and her nose crinkled up as she tried to remember who mentioned it. Maki said back “Given him? It was probably Itadori who mentioned it.” pause “......did he actually say anything about it?”
“No.” said Megumi suddenly. Everyone turned to him and a muscle twitched in his forehead, “What?”, he demanded at their stare. Was he not allowed to talk anymore? But Panda just raised its large paws up and- in a far too friendly manner for Fushiguro’s liking- waved away Megumi’s hostility as though placating a particularly moody toddler.
“You want to know about Simple Domains, freshies? You’re about to learn!” Panda instead said, shifting the focus, posing grandly. Toge mirrored the pose, pointing at them “Tuna-Tuna!”
The others looked between each other with an inaudible but very present feeling of “oooooohhh broootthheerr”
So down they had sat, deliquently gathered as Panda regaled them
“Listen up, Simple Domains are a Cursed Technique that is as simple as a Domain can get. It does not have complicated Techniques attached to it, usually no sure-hit factor, and lacks a closed off realm of the users making. However what it does do is nullify the Technique attached to anything that comes within its radius or it comes into contact with. There are many different types of Simple Domains- a lot of ancient ones, too- where some are more offensive…in the case of Miwa..while others are defensive. The main purpose, however, of a Simple Domain, is to be used within a fully fledged Domain to nullify its sure-hit factor. It has practical applications outside of that, though!”
Panda preened under oo’s and ahh’s- most of them came from Toge egging it on but Nobara seemed rapt enough. Megumi rolled his eyes, praying to be saved from the company of these goofy fools but no deity came to take him away from this place. He only got more exasperated when Toge began clapping and then stood up, hopped down to the bottom of the steps, to present a demonstration of Simple Domain.
Congregated at the steps illuminated by the coming morn, they watched as Toge focused and gathered the steady flow of Cursed Energy into a condensed form. At first the aura was nearly skin tight but slowly it expanded in a pulsing semi-circle around him, “Tuna, salmon-roe tuna tuna and mayo.” he said quite intelligently. Panda and Maki nodded but the first years just blinked and stared. “Well said, sushi boy! Simple Domains CAN be expanded and retracted depending on its effectiveness!” Panda exclaimed very obviously since the first years still have yet to truly understand the Cursed Speech User. Then Panda waved its paws again, beady black eyes sheened in the dawn light, it turned, “Buuuut now that we got through our lesson for today….we ought to begin the mission briefing, yeah?” it clapped the paws together and they made a punctual ‘phff phff’ sound softened by thick fuzziness.
Toge materialized, tablet in hand, mission pulled up, still circulating with Simple Domain. Panda thunked one forepaw on its best friend's head and the Simple Domain immediately swished off; its other forepaw tapping a blunt claw on the screen “We’re heading to an abandoned festival district which had almost a carnival-amusement park built up. ‘Parently there’d been a horrible accident there relating to uncharacteristic behavior…which obviously leads to some bad vibes. You can probably guess we’re going to exorcise whatever we find there and return it to its former glory.”
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