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[electricflock]

Rose has a theme, but the older you really did sell it when first met him.

[and muffin can guess which age this is. and he knows anything he says to this one might get written down in that notebook or remembered outright by the eldest angel devil. BUT, STILL,]

I think it fits. Like sometimes he's sweet, sometimes he's spicy.

[finalbows]

You get it.

_{[ that would've been paired with a happy swish of his tail, if one could see it. ]}

I can even fly, again, now! Wanna see?

_{[ he tucks the notebook close to his chest. he holds out his hand, and gives... a little bow, as he does. ]}

[electricflock]

[laughs and gives a small, hopping bow in return as he takes the offered hand]

Sure! Am always happy to fly.

[finalbows]

<sub>[ he's not as good at it, as Angel Devil. But on the scale the two can be compared at, it's like putting a masterpiece in marble next to its rougher granite replica. Sure, it's not the same. But all the defining details are there, and it's still a depiction of the same statue.

He floats them up over the nearest rooftop, about to land near a cute little chimney-- when he spies larger game. ]</sub>

Oh, oh! Look at that tower! That's-- is that a lighthouse? Let's go up there!

[electricflock]

[both are still a wonderful departure from muffin's usual "keep punching the air with your wings so you don't fall"]

Yeah! The lighthouse has best view here.

[finalbows]

<sub>[ then fuck yeah, they're going up to the top of the lighthouse.

The Genome gets quieter, concentrating, as he takes them up-- but he's clearly trying to play it off like he's not having to work all that hard, too, if Muffin catches his eye. He's not as good at veils as he one day will be.


...they soon land in the chamber with the lamp. I always imagine it as having an open wall or something but who knows?? Idk a window was open!! ]</sub>

...Haa-ah. No wonder it's the best view in town, it is cer-tain-ly the tallest.

[electricflock]

[muffin chitters happily, swinging their hands— good job!—before letting go to go look out the window]

And you got us up here so fast! I can't imagine having to climb the stairs to get up here.

[finalbows]

Didn't I tell you I don't wanna do anything boring? I'd take a baking hot summer rooftop over that.

<sub>[ swing, swing, swing~. his gloveless hand is rougher right now, but still one belonging to a wizard who refuses at all times to carry a weapon. he's also much more reciprocative about touch than usual; he keeps them swinging as much as Muffin.

he looks at the lighthouse with interested eyes-- he expected magic or fire, but it seems to have a completely foreign mechanism... ]</sub>

How does this thing work, anyway? Is it magic, and I just can't tell?

[electricflock]

The rooftop was nice.

[chitters, don't lie, and bops back over to look at the lamp. tap tap tap on the glass.]

Have never looked at it before. Is it electric?

[finalbows]

The rooftop was cute and I was four and had never seen stars before. Now I'm old~~. My tastes are more complex. Everybody's palate changes with time.

...electric, huh~... That means that nice gryphon boy I'm gonma be brewing up a thunderstorm for could make it work, right?

[electricflock]

Like I said, nice.

[hops onto one foot, physically rebalancing the mental whiplash of four!?? to being charmed into a favor]

Um, he could.

[finalbows]

Should I ask nicely? I learned how to say please and thank you, too.

[electricflock]

I'm going to turn it on anyways, but you could ask.

[finalbows]

<sub>[ the hand holding his turns into two arms coiled around his. He lays his head lightly on Muffin's shoulder, which is a move that definitely makes him have to stoop.

This close, he clearly smells like make-up powder, and really expensive soap. Red's not selling something like that for smiles and flower petals. ]

Pretty please?</sub>

[electricflock]

I can't say no to such a pretty please.

[turns his face to kiss mini-Angel Devil on top of his head, laughing playfully]

Will turn it on just for you.

[finalbows]

Yay~.

_{[ after being assured he's getting his way, he gives him a little more room to work... but keeps the two of them hooked together by their pinkies. ]}

[electricflock]

[doesn't pull his hand away]

You're going to want to look away. Will hurt your eyes being this close to bulb.

[finalbows]

_{[ ...covers his eyes obediently with his hand, and stays where he is, staying still a moment or two... before he does turn so that his back is facing the bulb. ]}.

Will it feel warm? When it's working. Like a fire would.

[electricflock]

[chitters, reaching up to tug one of those red locks while his eyes are covered]

A bulb this big will. Not as hot as a fire though, do want it to make more light than heat.

[finalbows]

Mm. I wonder if you could light one with Holy magic, instead of Thunder...

[electricflock]

Do you want to try? Don’t know Holy, but is at least partly a magic light.

[meanwhile, muffin’s reaching out with his free hand to touch the glass. he has to concentrate here— he doesn’t zap the bulb directly, but reaches his senses out for the wiring to feed his lightning through to the filament.]

[finalbows]

Maybe~. I want to see what color yours makes it, first. Holy, you know, it's light, like... it's snowy out...

_{[ he peeks through the fingers over his face, not toward the bulb, but at the wall. Maybe he'll cast a strong silhouette. ]}

[electricflock]

Am only heating the filament, so this is lighthouse’s normal color. But if you want…

[a massive, blazing light. a brightness burning without color.

the light dims slightly, and. angie’s shadow is backlit by a faint purple corona]

[finalbows]

Oh! Lookit that! That's a cute splash of color!

_{[ he's so fawning like this... like a familiar drink, filled with a whole bunch of an unfamiliar kind of sugar. ]}

Heh, heh, heh. I like purple a lot. It's a color of nobility, so I'm told... what do you think? Do I look good with such a crown?

[electricflock]

[the corona’s light flares up, flickering together with muffin’s chittering. he likes the sweetness.]

Is very stylish. Any rich man can get gold, not everyone can get lightning.

[though muffin does prefer a feathery crest to a crown]