Lumen Abuse [perma-voice]

[littledevilscarlet]

[there's a soft click as the journal is turned on, followed by a a soft giggle. A couple beats of silence go by, broken occasionally by taps and clicks, as if the device were being turned around several times. Flandre talks aloud, because well... she's used to talking to herself in the first place.] Mmmn...so what does this box do? It lights up... and it has lots of things to press....but does it do anything but show a map??

[There's a hard static for a brief moment as she tries to pry the journal open, then stops.] I don't think there's anything magic inside, either...[She sounds incredibly perplexed by this.]

[There's a sudden, excited squeal.] OH! What's that!?

[Her voice comes from a short distance.] It's all white...it's really cute! [It sounds like she's dragging something closer to the journal. She giggles.] Come on! You can't get away that easy.~ [Whatever she's holding snarls and struggles.] Hee-hee! What's wrong? Don't you want to play with me? [She sounds very happy; the creature, however, sounds like it's in quite a bit of pain.]

[Her tone drops suddenly, an icy tinge to it.] Or are you going to break like every other toy?

Comments

[Voice]

[cowardly_hero]

I prefer 'handsome', thank you!

And if that's what I think it is, you really outta let it go. They don't exactly sound happy...

[perma-voice]

[littledevilscarlet]

[Giggles.] How funny!

[The lumen can still be heard struggling in the background] Why should I? It seems to be playing just fine to me.

[perma-voice]

[cowardly_hero]

Funny? [He's being serious]

Take it from me, kid. That... animal don't want to be played with. You're gonna wind up being bitten, or worse!

[littledevilscarlet]

Uh-huh! You're a funny little mouse.

I'm not worried. I think I'm stronger than it 'cause it can't get away, anyway. And that's okay, I bite back!~

[cowardly_hero]

Ugh, I'm not a mouse.

I wouldn't recommend that.

[littledevilscarlet]

Wait...then what are you? [mumbles] You look like a mouse...

[she's forgotten the lumen for now, even though she's still holding it like a doll]

[cowardly_hero]

Hey, I heard that! And for your information I'm a meerkat.

[littledevilscarlet]

Hee~ I've never heard of one of those before! Are you a kind of mouse?

[cowardly_hero]

Mice are smaller.

[littledevilscarlet]

So...you're like a rat, then? [you can hear the grin in her voice, even she knows that has to be insulting]

[cowardly_hero]

No, I told you, I'm a meerkat.

[littledevilscarlet]

Heehee!~ But if you're not like a mouse, or a rat, then what are you? You are some kind of rodent!

Mmn... 'meerkat'? Are you like a cat?

[cowardly_hero]

Look, let's not get bogged down on this point here. What's important is that you let that Lumen go.

[littledevilscarlet]

Hee, but I wanna know!

What's a lumen? This funny animal I found?

[cowardly_hero]

[Timon used ignore :|]

It sounds like it, yeah.

[littledevilscarlet]

What's so bad about playing with it? It can't hurt me. The worst that could happen is it might die.~

[cowardly_hero]

D-die?

[littledevilscarlet]

Uh-huh! I know it happens to humans and things all the time. Mmn...though I've only died once though and I don't think that can happen again.

U-unless there's sunlight, but the ceiling here is pretty big, so...

[cowardly_hero]

Wha... what?

[littledevilscarlet]

Um...I'm a vampire. Didn't you know?

[cowardly_hero]

Never heard of it.

[littledevilscarlet]

H-huh? Really?

[There's a pause as she mulls this over.]

Well, um... it means I died once but can't anymore. And I can use magic but I can't go out in the sun. It hurts.

[cowardly_hero]

[... WHAT DOES SOMEONE SAY TO THAT?!]