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[jimmygibbsfan]

[It starts off as audio.]

Shit, how do I get this thing --

[And then video. Ellis's face is covered in soot. There is a house on fire not far behind him. After less than 48 hours in Adstring, he has managed to burn his own house down.]

Man, you know what'd be useful? A working fire hydrant. I am so screwed if I have to pay for this, man, I

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[Video]

[feel_nevermore]

So... you thought we didn't have enough ruins over here and decided to add one more, is that it?

[Video]

[jimmygibbsfan]

Man, why do people keep accusin' me of doin' this shit on purpose?

[D:]

[Video]

[feel_nevermore]

...Because we don't believe in spontaneous combustion?

[Video]

[jimmygibbsfan]

There are things called accidents, y'know.

[Video]

[feel_nevermore]

[A smirk.] Hmm. And there are people called careless. The two concepts usually go together. ...You know, it's not easy to make a good impression on people here. Whereas making a bad one is pretty easy.

How did you manage that then?

[Video]

[jimmygibbsfan]

[It's a good thing Ellis's good cheer is nearly unflappable. He just grins at her at that comment.]

Yeah, yeah, I get the message, but I reckon an accident's an accident, right? Anyone who holds it against me's probably the snobby type thinks their own shit don't stink, know what I'm sayin'?

And, uh. I was just tryin' to test out a molotov I'd made. Figured I might need to have a stockpile, y'know, just in case the zombies do show up here, seein' I ain't really got any ammo. I just didn't expect that one to be quite so flammable.

[Video]

[feel_nevermore]

Do you now? [She quirks a dubious eyebrow.] I fail at seeing the link between you being reckless and people who see it being snobbish. Besides, if people didn't believe it was an accident, they would already be there beating you up.

Testing out a molotov? It never occured to you to go into the wastelands to do that? ...Instead of burning down that building. I hope you weren't planning to move in there?

[Video]

[jimmygibbsfan]

Hey, I heard the Wastelands were dangerous. You don't go chargin' into danger until you're sure you got the proper tools to fight it, right?

[Man, that is not a philosophy Ellis has ever followed, but it sounds sensible to his ears.]

And nah, wasn't plannin' to move in. [He rubs the side of his neck.] I already had.

[Video]

[feel_nevermore]

Yet you don't test weapons inside the city either. Someone could have gotten hurt.

[Facepalm.] ...Good job.

[Video]

[jimmygibbsfan]

I didn't expect it to make that much fire! And I'm away from everyone else.

[Ellis is true to his word, at least. The house is - or was, at least - surrounded only by rubble, and the fire seems to be burning itself out. Even when the wind carries ash or ember, it never makes it far enough to anything else flammable to do any damage.

At the very least, Ellis seems to be a self-contained force of destruction.]

Look, I said I'm sorry. No hard feelin's? [HOW CAN YOU SAY NO TO THIS SWEET, HOPEFUL FACE.]

[Video]

[feel_nevermore]

Well I guess that's something at least.

You're sorry, right. Okay. [A smirk.] Anyway it wouldn't be wise of me to be mad at a guy who can throw molotovs at my house just to make sure there are no zombies inside... [No you're not living this one down, Ellis. And I'm afraid sweet, hopeful faces have no effect on Raven except if you're called Alice. But you're not.]

[Video]

[jimmygibbsfan]

Hey, now, don't be mean about it. I'd never throw a molotov at somebody I wasn't sure was a zombie. I mean.. okay, look, there was that time I almost hit Nick with a pipe bomb, but Ro was ticklin' me.

[Video]

[feel_nevermore]

[The smirk widens.] Now that's a relief. ...Because you can tell I'm not a zombie, right?

[You're just to easy to tease, Ellis.]