o1. video / optional action

[overclocking]

[Today, two unforgivable errors were made: the first, he let Rosette use the kitchen.

The second: He let Rosette use the kitchen.

When the feed blinks to life, the serenity of the figure facing the camera is directly at odds with the thunderous cacophony in the background. Chrono just smiles blandly at his unseen audience as a terrible burst of sparks makes itself visible in—is his back to the apartment's kitchen?]

I just had a quick question. [He might as well dive right into it, as a crash echoes around the apartment. He doesn't even flinch.] Does anyone here know how to repair electronics? A microwave, specifically? I think apartment number 304 could use your services.

[It's here that Rosette comes into view, hurdling around the corner as smoke billows in her wake; if Chrono were actually looking, he might think it seems appropriate for Rosette's definition of an entrance. It's unclear whether she's addressing Chrono or the tablet (even realizes he's talking to the tablet) when she bellows FIRE! THAT'S A FIRE! It's very likely the former based on how the serenity of Chrono's smile twitches into something that speaks silent danger for someone.]

Quickly, if it isn't too much trouble? [The feed doesn't cut off; evidently, his quiet fury is such that he completely forgets to turn off the tablet before hurling it across the room to go perform some manner of intervention.

It lands facing a ceiling that is growing increasingly smokey.]



action.

[Anyone who actually approaches apartment #304 will find an impressive cloud of black smoke billowing out of the open door that smells distinctly of burnt electronics and scorched metal. Rosette's voice will make itself known second, shouting about how the kitchen is out to get her and this isn't her fault.

If one actually ventures into the abyss (which speaks volumes toward a capacity for bad decisions, by the way), they'll find a frantic teenage girl and a long-suffering little kid trying to determine the best way to put out an impressive electrical fire.]

Comments

[explodewiththerage]

Yeah I can make all sorts of things. Fire's like a toy in my hands. But if I let it go from my own flames it doesn't last long. I can make some awesome fireworks though!

[Not going to demonstrated that here.]

Yeah I don't think you would since we're all from different worlds.

[soul_sister]

[She brightens at that.]

I want to see fireworks sometime! When we win big, or something. A huge celebration in the sky. We'll make a bonfire for dessert.

[overclocking]

[Actually... he really likes that idea.]

That would be really nice, actually.

Can you make them work even in the rain?

[explodewiththerage]

Sure that's no problem at all. Just let me know when you want em~

[He turns his attention to Chrono.]

Well yea but as you might expect they don't last as long. Water and fire not mixing and all that. But as long as they're connected to my body's flames then they're fine even in rain.

[soul_sister]

It's kind of impressive, all the kinds of things people can do.

I don't suppose that's something you can teach, is it?

[overclocking]

[That is impressive, but- no. No, no.]

No one in this room is using fire magic except the person who's already an expert.

[explodewiththerage]

It's not like I could teach you anyway. You'd have to ask my dad if he ever showed up here. Though if he did you'd know for sure.

[Go on. Ask why.]

[soul_sister]

[Rosette sizes him up.]

Pink hair?

[overclocking]

[For once, Chrono goes farther out on the limb.]

...

Is he a dragon?

[explodewiththerage]

[That's the first time someone's guessed it on the first try.]

[He shakes his head with a grin at Rosette before Chrono answers.]

Yep! My dad's the Fire Dragon Igneel~

[And he beams so proudly at that statement. Shows he really loves his mountain tall parent.]

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[soul_sister]

[On one hand, the simple, pure expression of being IMPRESSED is on her face...]

[soul_sister]

[On the other... she reaches out to poke Natsu's face. If it's an illusion, clearly this will tell the truth.]

Are you sealed then? What do you really look like? Or are dragons naturally human looking...




... And does your parents know you're slaying dragons? I don't want to create issues if I do meet him...

[overclocking]

[He looks impressed (vaguely disbelieving) for a moment, before Rosette speaks and he simply rubs at his temples, exasperated.]

[explodewiththerage]

[Natsu can only eye Rosette funnily before she pokes his face. If Rosette is trying to compete with Lucy in terms of being weird she's on the right track.]

Sealed? I'm not. This is what I really look like. And I don't know about the other dragons Igneel was always in his huge awesome form whenever he was around.

[Note the past tense.]

I don't slay dragons. But like I said he taught me the magic.

[He seems a little outraged by the very concept of that.]

Besides even if I did, all the dragons in my world vanished 7 years or more like 14 given I was stuck in a time bubble with everyone for 7 years.

[And that outrage turns to wistfulness. He really misses his dear father.]

[soul_sister]

[She pulls back her hand, a little disappointed to only meet normal skin. At his explanation, she had about a thousand questions, time bubbles... how did that happen, how did you fix it?

But the change of mood causes her to swallow them all.]

So, you're looking for him?

[overclocking]

[Being the resident time-manipulator here, Chrono asks the other question Rosette doesn't, brow furrowed. It's more under his breath than anything else, though.]

Time bubble...? How?

[explodewiththerage]

Yeah. Well before waking up here. But I'm still hoping he might get dragged here too.

[He turn his attention to Chrono next]

I don't really know. The ghost of the First Master used our tight bond to convert it into magic and then she trapped the whole island in a time bubble to save us from Acnologia's attack that would have blown the island out of the water.

[soul_sister]

Well, it's a good possibility. Who wouldn't want the help of a dragon.

[That second bit of information causes her to go still, studying Natsu... but she doesn't comment.]