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[alittleblackmagic]

[action, Ermis rooftop]
[Alright.  He can handle being trapped with them in a creepy old house.  He can get used to them showing up constantly in his nightmares.  He might even be able to forgive them taking over the city, if it came down to it.

But wrecking his ice cream diet?  Heck.  No.  It's time to kick some oni butt.

The skies of Sirocco grow dark as the self-proclaimed prodigy ascends the steps of the apartment building up to the roof.  There was a time and place for playing around (99% of his waking life).  And there was a time and place for some serious training.  None of that stupid swordy slashy stuff; real training the cool and awesome way.

Palom approaches his target practice helpless victim burlap sack stuffed with feathers (hopefully Hiroshi would never miss his pillow) and points his staff menacingly.]

Hah!  You think you're so cool, coming in here and beating up the helpless ice cream guy, huh?   Well think again!  You're facing me, now!  I'm the great Palom, magical prodigy of Mysidia!

[Electricity crackles in the air as he spins around a few times in a vague attempt to strike a pose.]

And you're going down!

[A powerful stroke of lightning lances through the skies, smashing into the burlap sack and sending it spiraling through the air, off the rooftop, and plummeting over the side.]

Oops.  [Palom rushes to the edge and sighs in relief as he notices that there's no one even remotely close by.]  Whew, that was clo -- Gaaaaaaah!  [To rectify this boring situation, the sack chooses to explode in a massive fireball the moment it strikes the ground.  Flaming feathers launch in every direction.]

[phone]
Ohhh, no one looked out their windows just now and saw anything weird, right?  I mean, not that there was anything weird to see.  If you saw something like that looked like it was falling, it was probably just your imagination.  Haha!  Who would be dumb enough to throw things off the roof?

Anyway!  Not that there's anything to worry about, but I think someone might have set something on fire outside by accident - I mean, it definitely looks like an accident and it's not anything anyone should be punished for and now there might be a bush or two on fire or maybe it's a tree, I'm not sure.  I'm not saying it's going to spread inside, but I thought everyone should know!  You know, in case you smell smoke or you look inside your room and it's burning up or something.

So the point is, don't look outside.  Or go outside.  ...Or if you're already outside, don't come back to the apartment.  Unless you're burning to death, then you should probably go outside so you can roll around in the snow and ice.

............Oh yeah, ice!

[action, outside Ermis]
[Palom, the human ice machine, stands next to a cheerfully sizzling tree and drops a giant block of ice on top of it.  This is repeated several times until the smouldering tree is no longer a smouldering tree by virtue of having been crushed to a dozen smoking pieces.]

Sheesh.  Being a mage is so much trouble.  It's like everyone expects you to do all the work just 'cause you can bend reality by thinking about it hard enough.

[Palom squints a little bit at the firewood and points his staff.]  Break!  [Now there are a half dozen pieces of fossilized wood.]   Toad!  [Miniature frog statues!  Everyone loved miniature frog statues.  Palom dusts his hands off and congratulates himself on a job well done.]

They should really pay me.

Comments

[all_onis_are_true]

*This face. Forever.*

[alittleblackmagic]

Hi Hiroshi if anything seems missing that's probably because a monster snuck in and took in OK I have to go put out a fire now and save everyone bye!

[all_onis_are_true]

*He watches him run off, and once again marvels at how they haven't had an adult sitter forced on them yet.*

[alittleblackmagic]

[Palom rushes back in ten seconds later.]

Can I borrow your octopus tank?

[all_onis_are_true]

Why do you need to borrow my octopus tank?

[alittleblackmagic]

'Cause there's a ton of water in it.

Also I want to take pictures of him fighting flaming frogs when I'm done.

[all_onis_are_true]

Oh, well when you put it so logically and clearlHELL NO.

[Action]

[healeveryone]

[A fire? Rosalia hurries outside once she sees the message, wondering if she'll have to get something to put it out--and comes out to see Palom with the statues and that block of ice still on the ground.

Well, at least nothing's in danger? She's pretty sure, anyway.]

Um, Palom...what did you do?

[alittleblackmagic]

Nothing!

...Why do people always ask me that every time I say something to you guys? I'm just being a good person and warning you about things I had nothing to do with.

[healeveryone]

[Rosalia just shakes her head, placing her hands on her hips and leaning down to talk to him.]

You know, Palom, you're a really bad liar. What happened? Are you okay?

[alittleblackmagic]

T-That's not true! ...Only when I'm nervous.

I'm fine. I was just trying to practice magic to fight those awful blue things.

[healeveryone]

[Rosalia seems relieved when he says he's fine, but after that...]

You're going to fight them?

[alittleblackmagic]

Of course! I can't just stand by and let them run over the island, right? Why else would I know black magic?

[number_one_dime]

[Some of those flaming feathers were his]

What?! What the-?!

[Scrooge sputters, coughing as he's mysteriously covered in soot, with burning feathers flying, but otherwise he seems strangely unharmed]

[alittleblackmagic]

[Oops. Looks like there was someone nearby after all. Palom helpfully screams something inaudible about rolling in the snow before deciding he should probably get down.]

[phone]

[stinglikeabat]

[He has seen through your CUNNING RUSE.]

...You didn't set anything on fire, did you?

[alittleblackmagic]

Why would you say that?!

H-How did you know?

[stinglikeabat]

Ha ha ha ha!

No scheme is invisible to the all seeing eyes of justice!

[alittleblackmagic]

It wasn't a scheme. I was just practicing my magic, sheesh.

[stinglikeabat]

Did you set anyone on fire this time?

[He might be a little sore over the bat incident.]

[alittleblackmagic]

No! ...And if you're gonna turn into a bat, you shoulda tried not to look so much like a monster, sheesh.

[Action on the rooftop!]

[rainbowbrush]

[Relm often headed to the rooftop to paint, and today was no exception. When the shouting started, she hid for most of it, watching Palom with a mixture of horror and amusement. When the sack finally bursts into flame, she can't hold back anymore and begins laughing loudly, not even bothering to hide anymore.]

[alittleblackmagic]

[Something else is about to burst into flame soon.]

What are you doing up here?!

[rainbowbrush]

[Sorry, Palom, she's too busy laughing to answer.]

[alittleblackmagic]

((Sorry for being so late! My computer died, and someone was kind enough to post hiatus for me. Feel free to ignore if you are not interested in continuing!))

[OK, well. Take Fira!]