Hundred Fifth Explosion

[god_is_a_dude]

[Action]

[OH and this is probably backdated to sometime in the earlier afternoon.

So Haruki has been in hiding since the end of the AU event. To be fair, he thinks he has good reason. What he doesn't suspect, or perhaps is still in denial about is the the other night... (which is a much longer thread in full and totally work safe and such if

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[skyborne_mage]

[Arche, attracted by the scream like the proverbial moth to a flame, is just left... staring at the ice-sculpture that was once Haruki. She's gotta admit, she's pretty impressed.]

Wow... wonder who did this.

[god_is_a_dude]

[Can't talk. Too busy being... frozen solid.

...But she probably left the scene not that long ago. Quietly. Skillfully.]

[skyborne_mage]

[Brief moment of consideration here. Pretty much all her fire spells would flash-fry him in addition to melting the ice. How can she get him free without giving him third-degree burns as well...

An idea forms in her head and she flies around to the back of the tree. In a move that is sure to piss off Moro something fierce, she takes aim at it.]

Fire Ball!

[Three small orbs of fire smash into the tree from behind, burning it pretty badly. But the heat they give off should be enough to melt the ice...

Which may or may not be worth the tree falling to the side. Timberrrrrrr!]

[god_is_a_dude]

[...And this, in turn... causes him to fall to the side. Along with the tree. And then smash down on the ground. This at least shatters a lot of the ice around his body (his teeth start chattering as he's freed) but... ... um. It also caused him to sorta hit his head a little.

...Ouch]

[skyborne_mage]

[Well it sucks to be Haruki right now. Arche flies over and lands next to him, crouching down to check him over.]

Uh... sorry about that. Do I need to bring you to the clinic?

[god_is_a_dude]

[...His teeth are still chattering. And he really looks like a loser now because he is just looking straight forward in horror having traumatic flashbacks to what transpired not minutes ago. But she- and that- and the ice. And the blade and the- Oh God. Oh GOOOOODDDDD]

[skyborne_mage]

Uh... hello? Haruki? [She snaps her fingers in front of his face. If you don't answer she's totally dragging your unresponsive ass to the clinic, boy, and we all know you don't want that.]

[god_is_a_dude]

That-... [...Chattering teeth still. Oh god oh god oh god oh god oh GOD] ...That. [OH GOD]

[skyborne_mage]

[This is the exact opposite of reassuring.] Hold on, I'll, uh... I'll get a fire going.

[And the easiest way to do that is to grab a loose branch and cast Fire Ball on it. It starts burning quite nicely. Is this safe? Probably not.]

[god_is_a_dude]

[As that starts burning he... starts stammering something unintelligible. Something which probably sounds like "Mitsu-" "ice-" "that-" "stop-!" And other such things. He hugs his arms around his chest now... but whether it's out of fear or cold is pretty unclear]

[skyborne_mage]

Oi, don't try to talk until you can actually string some words together.

... Maybe I should bring you to the clinic after all.

[offallingsnow]

[Nephry emerges from the opposite end of the woods, looking worried but also a little confused]

Arche? ...I heard a scream. What's going on?

Haruki -> Arche -> Nephry... me thinks

[god_is_a_dude]

[There is a chattering mess of a boy here.

but do feel free to ignore him if that's easier.

He's kinda broken right now. ...Even if Arche's flaming branch is heating him up a little in before it burns him

I CAN NOT TYPO THINGS REALLY]

Works for me!

[skyborne_mage]

[Arche lifts her head as what hopefully counts as help arrives.] Oh, Nephry. Uh, do you know anything about dealing with people who've been... frozen? I found Haruki here stuck against that tree by ice.

[She points at the downed tree.]

[offallingsnow]

Ice? [That's...it's the middle of summer! And summer here is intolerably long. ...But yes, people from the arctic learn this stuff by age five.]

The fire is a good start. How long was he...frozen? [She's still very confused but now that it's clear this isn't two people camping or something, she can deal with it later. She kneels there next to Arche and...oh. Right, yes. Summer.]

I don't suppose you carry a coat of some kind with you in August?

[god_is_a_dude]

[...Ignore the kid he's just- babbling down here something about "execution" and ice and basically sounding somewhere between delirious and horrified]