living breathing fear - power discovery

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REDVOX "VINNY" ABRAMO - cis male - goat-bat hybrid - harbinger

For once in his life, Vox was actually quite pleased to hear Aslisk's tone, along with the way that she was speaking so casually while also somewhat insulting his orders. It meant that she was alright, and he wouldn't have to go rushing off to get more aloe for the female, and have her bitterly mumble on endlessly about how she was fine and her burns weren't even hurting her. Vinny watched as the wyvern inspected herself, his own eyes darting between her spikes and her wings, a faint frown appearing on his face as he watched the ground the came into contact with either of the limbs crackle and curl in on itself, burnt to a crisp. That would be problematic once the winter months were over, and there wasn't snow and a chill in the air to snuff out any chance of some huge fire breaking out. Hopefully by then, Aslisk would be more aware of how not to burn everything around her, but Vin had his doubts that she would even give a shit, honestly. Sighing heavily, the harbinger mumbled as he shook his head from side to side, silently glad that he didn't have to worry about any of this elemental bullshit – it all just seemed so odd to him, and unnatural, not that he was particularly natural himself, "I was sayin' ta stop, drop 'n' roll because it snuffs out th'flames, Aslisk. Deprives the fire of air...? Ugh, whatever, it doesn't matter much now anyways..." And it really didn't, but Vox still found himself vaguely irritated that he was once again being insulted and belittled by the wyvern, even after he had already scolded her several times. It really didn't seem as though she learned anything.

It was then time for Aslisk to explain why she had just assumed that naturally the leader of the group she resided in had lit her aflame, and even after hearing her explanation, Vinny found himself somewhat lacking in a response. Sheer disbelief left Vox speechless for a moment, before the male closed his eyes, counting to ten within his head before he spoke, his ears flattened out with annoyance and frustration, "I didn't set ya on fire, Aslisk. I can understand makin' stupid assumptions in th'moment, but I highly dohbt that anybody who had set ya on fire would just linger 'round and wake you up after y'started burnin'. And I'd hope that I was smarter than any asshole who tried to pull some stupid shit with you." He obviously didn't know the specifics of what Aslisk was alluding to, but given to what she had told him in the past, it was pretty clear that her life before this had been both weird and wild, aside from the couple of mundane parts such as her having a wife and kids – even if said wife and kids were far from normal – and he had no doubt that some pretty weird shit had happened to her before. Hell, he wouldn't doubt that she had been set on fire before, whether intentional or not. Well, technically he did know that she had been set on fire before, since she said that was how she had become fireproof back in her past life, but... Vinny still wasn't sure if he believed all the details of what she had told him. And he was still quite sure that this was all just some wild coincidence that Aslisk was way too pleased with herself over.

Calmed somewhat by his own deep breathing and steady resolve, Vox just found himself rolling his eyes as Aslisk told him once again that her setting herself on fire was what had led to this. Shaking his head, Vox grunted in a not angry, but just vaguely irritated way, "I'm not apologizin' f'sayin' that settin' yourself on fire was a bad idea. 'Cause it was a really fuckin' bad idea, alright? Y'just happened to acquire this power now, after y'did that. Plenty'a people have the ability ta ignore 'n' control fire. Hell, there are other members in this group." He really wanted to drill in her head that it hadn't been setting herself ablaze that had given her fire elementals. After all, even if she set herself on fire again and it had no effect, it had already been demonstrated that she could burn down the environment all around her, and Vin wanted no part of that shit. As Aslisk's tone grew more pleased, Vox's heart sank, and he tried his best not to snap at her to take her tail off of the grass before something actually caught on fire instead of just crackling into nothingness. However, he had managed to calm himself down, so instead he just mumbled as he glanced at her spikes, faint amusement in his voice, "Aslisk, can't y'understand this? Nobody tried ta set ya on fire. Y'just caught on fire cause of your powers while y'slept. There's a big difference, and the second one doesn't involve anybody doin' any fearin'." He really didn't like this whole trend with Aslisk thinking she was – quite literally – hot shit, and he wanted to dissuade it before it got too bad, and she started stomping around camp announcing that she was going to make new laws for everyone to give her all their bowls, just because she could control fire.