Not a magical ballroom peach

[droptheious]

[At some point on the 20th, after the prophecy post goes out, the Zodiac apartments are shaken with a loud KA-BOOM! While the damage to other apartments is minimal at best, one apartment has definitely borne the brunt of it. Pieces of Varian and Fern's place can be found blown outwards and onto the street below. There are a lot of swords and dangerous chemicals strewn about so...maybe be careful if you're gonna go around touching any of them. There's a hissing sound from up high where there seems to be a fire extinguisher being used on putting out the fire up there and a distant "I GOT IT, I GOT IT!"

...They might not, in fact, have got this.]

Network: Video UN:trienemybest/fern

[A few hours after the explosion, the video opens on a still slightly sooty-looking Varian and Fern. They're both looking pretty sheepish after that mess. Varian clears his throat.]

So uh...you might have noticed the explosion earlier in the Zodiac Apartments. Sorry, that was- I was examining one of those peaches we got from the spirit realm. Zodiac seemed so determined to get their hands on one I-I wanted to figure out what they were about. See if I could maybe reverse engineer one to counteract whatever it is Zodiac plans to do with them. But uh-

[He waves his hand, to show that it kind of...went wrong. Obviously. ]

But sometimes junk goes boom. It's the price of doing good science.

[Fern no, that isn't how science works at all, don't play favourites just because Varian was the one who caused it.]

It doesn't look like anyone got hurt. And the explosion was kinda sick! Who knew fruit could do that??

[Varian's kind of casually covering his face with his hands as Fern decidedly plays favourites on their apology tour. He lets out a soft whine, and then looks at the camera again.]

Anyway, Fern's right, I definitely didn't expect it to have...uh explosive properties. I think the damage was largely contained to our place, but if anyone else's apartments were damaged please let us know, we'll come and help fix it up or pay for the damages. Sorry.

[He clears his throat again. He's agreed to sort out the damages for his and Fern's place with Zodiac, but he is NOT gonna voice that right now. He has a chance to figure out what Zodiac are about, maybe even find a way to sabotage what they're doing. But he's no stranger to treason- if he announces to the whole network what he's planning, Zodiac will know in an instant. He hates hiding the truth, it's against what he believes in, but this time it's necessary. ]

So um- important thing to glean from this if you have one? Do not eat the peach. And definitely don't touch the peach juices or breathe in any of the peach dust because that's...bad.

[Aw, Fern is just going to give Varian a reassuring pat on the shoulder. As far as he's concerned it wasn't a huge deal - some stuff got smashed, sure, but his swords survived and the four of them (Fern, Varian, Ruddiger and his new fomantis) are all fine. He wasn't super attached to the apartment, either.

Sorting out the damages with Zodiac is a whole other kettle of fish that he doesn't want to think about right now.]

Yeahhh. Dunno if anyone actually ate the peach, but ever since it exploded in our faces we've both been feeling a lot - man, how do I describe it? - clingier? To areas in the city that have gates. Those're where the spirit veins run, right?

[He doesn't know, he isn't an expert here.]

But it's probably nothing!



[[OOC: Available for action or network, whatever you like! If you choose action, please be aware if your character comes into contact with any peach juice or vapors they will have to deal with the consequences listed here]]

Comments

video | un: fashonti

[thaumewturge]

[Rhel says nothing when she starts this video response.

She just makes sure that the boys can see on very panicked blue chocobo trying very hard to hide behind one very short and unamused Rhel in her apartment.]

If Yaune ends up destroying something from stress, I will be sending you the bill.

[Twelve she needs to get out of this apartment.

Nobody ask why she is still keeping her chocobo in her apartment.]

video; un: fern

[laminae]

[Fern is just focusing on the important thing here.]

Dog, do you not have a chicken coop for that thing? It's huge!

video: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

[Wow that's a big ass chicken. Varian does look pretty apologetic at least.]

Sure, of course. Sorry. I really didn't think it would explode. Is he...she?? Okay?

Voice; un: Koromaru

[whatsamada]

[Varian....!!]

What did you do?! Nevermind that, where are you two anyway?

voice: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

Fern's innocent in this, he was just helping.

[Gotta establish the poor himbo boyfriend did no wrong here!!]

We're in a temporary apartment Zodiac have put us into while ours get fixed up. We can't really stay in ours right now considering the...uh...hole in the side.

voice; un: fern

[laminae]

More lame apartments. It's cool - I mean, it's fine. We're all good, warm and safe and junk.

Action

[schrodingersghost]

Danny was a few blocks away when the explosion happens. At first all he could feel was surprise. He'd gotten used to the occasional explosion these last few months (some of them even felt nostalgic). But that had been big.

And then he realizes what direction it had come from. And he starts running, memories running through his head of that other big explosion that had been haunting him for months. His friends had to be okay. They had to. This couldn't end like that future.

And the closer he got the worst it looked. Danny doesn't even slow down as he reaches the debris in front of the apartment. He skids through the rubble and half jumps and half flies right through the hole in the wall.

"VARIAN! FERN! ARE YOU OKAY? PLEASE TELL ME YOU'RE OKAY!" Danny was deep into panic by this time.

[droptheious]

The apartment is an absolute state. There's still fire dotted about the place, and smoke is billowing out of the hole the explosion made in the side of the building. Ruddiger and the fomantis are sitting in the corner- Ruddiger looking a lot less distressed about this. He's lived with Varian for years. This is normal.

Varian is trying to put out one of the fires with slight panic.

"We're okay! Um- not dead! All limbs!"

video; un: j.porter

[cantgetanyworse]

Oh my god, are the both of you all right?

[One of them probably already answered this question, but, look. That was a lot, and she's grown quite fond of Varian.]

They didn't say anything about the bloody things exploding!

video; un: fern

[laminae]

'Course! A little explosion isn't gonna take either of us out!

[He is way, way too confident about this despite being a little singed.]

Yeah, unless they wanted to keep that for a surprise or something. You learn something new every day, right?

video: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

We're okay, mostly. I mean, no actual inuries, really.

[He's more than a little stressed about the tie to the spirit realm getting suddenly STRONGER but he's trying to not think about that right now.]

They didn't! And who would have expected a peach to explode, right? That- it shouldn't have the right properties to explode.

[It's a magic peach, Varian. It exploded because its magic. ]

un: shadowy; video

[areyuuserious]

Holy shit, are you two okay?!

video: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

Well, we're definitely not dead or really injured. Maybe a little singed?

[Maybe a little cursed.]

The apartment took the brunt of it.

video; un: fern

[laminae]

We're fine, there's nothing that can't be regrown.

[Upsides to being a plant!]

Video | UN: will_solace

[arrowtotheheal]

[BRO, HE WAS JUST FUCKING TALKING TO YOU LIKE FIVE MINUTES AGO. WHAT THE HADES?!]

What in Tartarus made you think a magical peach from heaven being experimented on wouldn't explode?! It's magic!

[Will's five seconds away from screaming incoherently.]

Are any of you hurt?

video; un: fern

[laminae]

[Okay Will has a point. Magic stuff tends to explode - he exploded, back when he was Finn when he turned into a sword.]

We're okay. In hindsight we probs should've had some more anti-explosion measures going on.

[He doesn't actually know what those entail because he's never really been one to prevent explosions.]

[droptheious]

[HE WAS MULTITASKING!!!]

I...admittedly didn't factor in too much of the magical properties. I wanted a baseline on the scientific properties first.

[This is 100% how he got his father trapped in unbreakable rock.]

We're okay. Just a little singed.

UN: ecraig | video

[fiddlestick]

[He won't turn on his camera until he has a chance to react to what happened (HOLY CRAP) and make sure those two are okay. And when he does?

Elliot has many expressions to show his moods. When he turns on the camera this time, it's that smile that holds zero happiness in it. Rather more it's the mess around and find out look]

Detention. Both of you.

video: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

[Despite constantly messing around and finding out (or perhaps because of it) he knows better than to really argue with that one. He does open his mouth like he's considering it at first, and then stops.]

...Yeah. Okay. Fair.

[not_a_possum]

Oh crumbs!

Are you two okay? Are you sure you're okay?

[He's feeling panicked and terribly guilty, wondering if his praying to Satan for some kind of big distraction that would make everyone forget about his own mistake might have been at the root of this explosion. Also, the fact that they're feeling what they're feeling after that explosion makes him very nervous.]

[droptheious]

[THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PRAY TO SATAN, MOXXIE!!!]

I mean...mostly okay? We're not injured at least. Mostly shaken.

[And weirded out about the tie to the spirit vein. Very much that. ]

video;

[thavnairian]

[Amal squints hard at the camera. It is better not to ask why he's wearing a pink boa.]

You did what?! Do you still have all your limbs? All your fingers and toes intact? Gods, you're lucky to be alive after that.

[bruh]

Do... do you have somewhere to stay? [He's not touching the... science experimentation part of that right now, he needs to know if he needs to call off work early.]

video: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

[He has learned not to question anything Amal does at this point. ]

Yeah, yeah, everything is still intact. And I know. The apartment took the brunt of it, which...yeah there's a hole there now.

[Obviously. What with the explosion and all. He winces, rubbing the back of his neck, guilt is well and truly setting in at this point- given how worried everyone has been. ]

Zodiac put us up in another apartment while they repair ours. We're...okay.

Video; UN: Filledwithsunshine

[onebadapple]

OH MY GOODNESS?! That was you two? Are you hurt? Are you alright? HOW DO YOU EXPLODE A PEACH?

video: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

Yeah, sorry Snow. We're not hurt, though, just a little singed.

I'm still trying to work out why the peach exploded, honestly.

[BECAUSE IT'S MAGIC.]

UN: hikari-vi | Voice

[whiteshroud]

[Jun will watch all of this go down, before responding in his usual tone voice]

This is why it's a bad idea to fiddle with divine items.

[THE MORE YOU KNOW]

text; un: fern

[laminae]

we just need to be more careful about explosions next time, that's all

[He can't imagine this would dissuade Varian from doing more experiments on divine stuff in the future. It certainly hasn't for himself.]

Text, un: Dynamight

[callmekacchan]

So basically you learned nothing from the last time you decided to tinker with shit.

[Someone is still salty about the dinosaurs. To be fair, his boyfriend did get gored by a triceratops during that whole fiasco. He's allowed to be salty about that.]

Tell me someone at least had the sense to clear and block off the area.

text; un: fern

[laminae]

hey! V's doing more with this junk than the rest of you!

[If there's one thing he isn't going to stand for it's someone insulting his boyfriend.]

video; un: seeingtheworld

[schoolingfish]

I heard that! I'm glad everyone's okay. I was kind of worried when I heard how loud it was. Too bad I wasn't there to see it, that does sound kind of cool!

Wait, what do you mean 'feeling clingier' to those areas?

video; un: fern

[laminae]

To be fair, if you weren't in the explosion it probably did look pretty sick.

Yeah? I don't really know how to explain it any better. It's not a feeling I've felt before.

Video | un: calledtothewater (super late but here we go!)

[findingways]

Oh my god, that was you?

[ She had heard the explosion, of course. And maybe she shouldn't be entirely surprised that it was Varian, but here we are. ]

Are you sure you're both okay?

[ She is already pulling on a coat to head over to their place. ]

video: UN: trienemybest (no such thing)

[droptheious]

Yeaaaaaaah that was me. Sorry.

[Honestly, as his friend she should expect at least 80% of explosions she hears to have come from Varian.]

We're okay- a little singed. We lost a lot of stuff in the explosion, but Zodiac put us up in another apartment while they fix ours up.

[Come Mom Friend at them, Moana! They're idiots.]