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[magicburst]

Who: Jessica Albert (magicburst) and you!
When: Anytime between 9/9 (IC: 9/24) to 9/14 (IC: 9/29) and
Where: The Pleasure District, The Shopping District and anywhere you may need her.
What: Jessica's fire element is acting up and she's putting it to good use... when it's acting nicely anyhow.
Rating/Warning: None yet. I'll update as needed.

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[ A ]
[Jessica is putting her spontaneous fire to good use. Since everything she touches seems to burst into flames, the sorceress is going through the Pleasure District during her off time putting a stop to those robots going rogue chiefly by grabbing hold of them. Not that she neglects her whip but that seems reserved for tripping up the robots more than anything.

She quells the fire on one with a bit of ice magic, shards of ice jutting out of the ground and around the metallic remains of said robot. She sighs out, flexing her hand a little afterward.]

I'm certainly glad my magic is stable but this fire business is another problem altogether. This place really doesn't want anyone to be comfortable anymore, does it.

[ B ]
[And here is one of the discomforting parts of fire abilities. Jessica isn't much of a cook to be honest and setting things on fire doesn't help. However trying to eat out isn't so simple when one keeps setting every slice of pizza they touch on fire.

Right now Jessica is grasping onto the crust of one burning piece, her teeth gritted and her glare enough to make one wonder if it's her element or her gaze setting it on fire.]

What, is it every other piece then? Honestly if there were at least some predictability I could plan around this but now...

[ C ]
[Wildcard! Feel free to PM me if needed. Jessica can also be found at her jobs as a party magician, a mixed martial arts fighter and a swimsuit model as well.]

Comments

[magicburst]

[With all the people running around here and there from the robots themselves, Jessica isn't quite as surprised by the voice as she might be. Veronica is a fairly familiar figure now and Jessica gives the other woman a slight and perhaps somewhat sardonic smile.]

I suppose not. It still would have been nice though.

[That said she turns to more fully face Veronica, tipping her head some.]

You're not wandering around here dealing with the robots, are you?

[Was she much of a fighter? Jessica didn't know and knew better than to judge from looks. Still it's troubling to see someone walking about by themselves. You know, never mind Jessica herself is doing just that.]

[protectthecastle]

Indeed. [But then again, Veronica has yet to see a single being (one that brings in people from other worlds) do nice things.]

I am not wandering around dealing with them. I do not wish to hurt them, regardless of whether they are able to feel pain or to think. [And she's not too sure about Jessica wandering around and dealing with them either.]

I am only walking.

[magicburst]

I see. You should be careful though, the robots themselves don't seem to care much about other's comfort as much as you care about theirs.

[She plants her hands on her hips, her smile growing.]

You're quite a sweet person though, aren't you.

[protectthecastle]

[The fact that Jessica didn't just write off her worries was definitely a point in her favour and she gives the other woman a brighter little smile.]

I will be careful.

[Even if what she was thinking of was probably too reckless.]

Thank you. That is very kind of you to say. Though I am simply treating them as I feel they should be treated.

[magicburst]

There's certainly nothing bad about that. Give as you'd like to get and all that, hm?

[It's around now that another robot goes buzzing by. Jessica takes a moment to snap her whip, careful of where Veronica may be standing of course, and pulls the robot over to her with a light grunt of effort.]

As much as I do think that's perfectly fine though, I can't quite join you in the sentiment.

[protectthecastle]

[Veronica only had a split second to register the whip (knowing that surely Jessica was going to attack something...again...) but still surprised when she all but lassoed a robot moving about on its merry way.]

....May I ask why you cannot join me in such a sentiment?

[She is, of course, free to disagree. Veronica just wants to know why, wanting to have that knowledge and certain in the belief that it would help her understand the other woman better.]

[magicburst]

Unfortunately the robots out here are chasing about other residents of the city. Have you not seen them running? Normally I would be quite happy to treat them as I think they ought to be in more peaceful times.

[protectthecastle]

[Veronica still frowns on hearing that because...she does know that this has always been a problem: that when given a choice between protecting only one of two people, she never could. There had to be a way to protect both and not to hurt anyone. She'd made this choice more than once, and it had hurt just as much as it always did each time.]

I have.

But there must be a way. A way in which no one need be hurt.

[magicburst]

[Jessica considers that, the tide of robots mercifully quiet for a moment.]

I see. Well... I'm not sure what that answer might be honestly. For myself the robots seem more or less like monsters are at home. And for the most part monsters and humans are typically at odds, though I have seen a world where the opposite was true as well.

[protectthecastle]

[There aren't any monsters back where she comes from, but even then, she doesn't think it's right to hurt something like that.]

What...are monsters like? And if there are worlds where monsters and humans are not at odds, perhaps that could be true here, as well.