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Fire Belly Newts (15) : Pranks are common this time of year, and what’s funnier than a little arson? A lot of things, actually, but for some reason there are frequent reports of small fires being set and abandoned all throughout the city. Most of the time, these fires burn out before causing much damage, but things are escalating and it’s only a matter of time before things start getting dangerous–especially with how dry it’s been, and all these dead, fallen leaves. But, it’s worse than just flammable debris. Sometimes, there are small patches of boiled pavement. Melted metal–guardrails, lamps, fire hydrants. Destruction is rampant, and no one knows why. But you do. You saw one of them. A foot long, black newt, with a bright-red belly that glowed brightly when it spat up real, liquid flame right in front of you. Lava pooled from its round little belly, ignited like a match to oil. It darts through alleys and storm drains, too fast to catch. At least you tried.
To say that Tianyi was having a difficult night was maybe to understate the matter a bit. His outfit told the story, really--the ends of his skirt and sleeves were singed, and ash clung to his cute little socks and shoes from where it had drifted there. He'd managed to put the fires out, but it was sort of a near thing--and fundamentally, he was annoyed that it had happened at all.
Bad luck, really, running into one of the little fire-breathing newt creatures. He'd heard of such things before, but never encountered one; they'd always seemed like something far-off and rumor-worthy. Tianyi had no such wildlife. Other worlds had, once, perhaps, if the rumors he'd heard from traders talking with his older brothers and parents meant anything.
He'd thought about chasing the thing off violently, but it had mostly seemed scared--a condition Tianyi could more than relate to.
But he was still angry. Angry that he was feeling singed, and that the whole thing had been so embarrassing, that he'd fallen over trying to pat out his own clothes and now he was dirty--just. angry.
So when he came around a corner and spotted a tall Negaverse Captain standing over a body with a glowing starseed in his hand, Tianyi reacted first, and considered talking later.
"Blossoming Decree," he whispered, and then, louder, once he was sure his magic was working--"Put. That. Back."
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