Phoenix Catch-All

[burningrescue]

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week 0; friday post body announcement

[burningrescue]

[Well, after the body is taken away, Galo is pacing around the general area Haruka was found in, frustrated. He looks like he's checking random panels for hidden doors?]

[slobjection]

[ phoenix is just.... watching..... ]

[ trying to see what galo's trying to do. ]

[ for the moment, anyway ]

[burningrescue]

[Knocking on a wall panel and then kicking it!]

[slobjection]

[ knocks on a wall panel like 10 feet away. ]

Knock knock.

week 0; saturday post trial

[slobjection]

... Thanks for the help with Nikki.

[ it feels like it needs to be said, though he can tell galo's probably just as frustrated as he is. ]

Did you vote?

[ he missed the swappies with lio ]

[burningrescue]

[He looks incredibly frustrated, but he nods, sullen.]

Sure. And yeah. I voted for Lio.

[That makes it sound bad.]

[slobjection]

[ phoenix gets it, though his shounen burning flame is really more of a low smoulder by now. ]

A trade?

[burningrescue]

[Nodding.]

He suggested it. I don't know if it did any good. It didn't help Nikki.

[It definitely saved Galo's dumb, dumb life, though.]

week 1; sunday post execution

[slobjection]

[ weeps profusely. anyway. phoenix's a little more together by this point, but when he seeks galo out his expression is inscrutable. ]

How's the hand?

[burningrescue]

[I know how bad you fucked up, you fool!!

Anyway, holding up the hand, which to be clear is wrapped up in a makeshirt shirt bandage and splinted. He's icing it.]

It hurts, but it's okay.

[slobjection]

[ i should have just pretended it was phoenix being wily. that's a relief, though!! ]

You decided to switch up your voting tactics, hm?

[burningrescue]

Hmm.

[He doesn't feel like Phoenix is giving him a compliment.]

I got kind of worried. I told a few people about how Lio can turn into a dragon.

week 2; post-trial

[burningrescue]

[Okay, well. He'll be looking for Phoenix after trial, so where are you, you old hobo! Does this count as a starter?]

[slobjection]

[ yes... phoenix is in the kitchen, collecting pudding cups. ]

[ when he sees galo, he offers one. ]

[burningrescue]

Oh! Hey, thanks!

[Yes, he's also a dumb child, so he takes one happily and rips the lid off! He doesn't have a spoon! Just get a spoon, Galo. No, he takes a lick with his finger.]

[slobjection]

[ well he was going to give him a spoon but then galo did that so. it's fine. ]

Enjoy.

week 3; tuesday morning

[burningrescue]

[Tuesday morning, Galo can be found in the kitchen, decorating an omelette with a ketchup firetruck.]

[slobjection]

Where's the fire?

[ that is adorable........ but as soon as phoenix seems the omelette, memories from 12 years prior bubble to the surface, out of nowhere. ]

[ how weird. galo now gets a full replay of turnabout memories ]

[burningrescue]

[Thanks, Sipp. Listen, don't judge how long this is in comparison, I have a google doc and I've been using the same copypasta for everyone.

The memory starts in darkness, and then there’s a sudden blast of color. You jolt awake to a terrible sound, an explosion somewhere nearby. You, here, is a small child, about eight years old, and you’re in your bedroom. But there’s no time to focus on any of the details, the pictures on the wall or the mess of laundry and toys on the floor.

The fire seems to have come out of nowhere. You were asleep, and then suddenly, with a loud blast, you’re surrounded. The color of it is unusual - rainbows of many different shades, including dark reds and deep greens and bright, blinding white. In the bedroom itself, it’s the smell of fire and smoke more than anything, but it’s licking up the walls around you.

You don’t know what to do. You start to cry, and shout for your mom and dad, for somebody to help you, but there’s no answer. So instead you run. The fire is even worse outside your bedroom, it’s everywhere, but you keep running, everything becoming a blur of color and heat around you as you cough and choke on the smoke, as your hands blister as they wrap around something metal.

And then, suddenly, the air is cool again, and the smoke from your lungs is gone, and you’re looking up at someone impossibly tall and strong.

You’re safe now. You throw your arms around the stranger, and you start to sob. You feel his arm against your back, hesitant, as other voices start to speak nearby.

“Oh my god. It went up out of nowhere.”

“Burnish, right? It has to be. The people in that house - “

“You there? Did you see what happened? Wait . . . that kid. Is he all right?”

The man speaks, finally, hesitantly. “Yes! Yes, he needs help! He was in that house!”

“You saved that boy from the fire? That’s incredible. . .”

“Hurry! Go get help!”

The memory ends.]

WEEK 6

[burningrescue]

[Dad's back! Dad!!

Well, Galo is just hanging around, surely they'll run into each other.]

[slobjection]

[ phoenix is in the kitchen making dad pancakes... ]

Hey, Galo. Want one?

[burningrescue]

Oh! Sure! Those look great!

[He's definitely a dumb excited kid about being made pancakes.]

I can help!

week 6; friday

[burningrescue]

[Coming to find dad! It's been a long day, and now the girls are dead? How's everyone doing?

He knows Phoenix was very close to Peach, so. Hopefully he's okay.]

[slobjection]

[ he's just peachy!!!! he's in the study, making notes.... only there's nothing on the page and he's just kind of vacantly staring at nothing. ]

[ emo dad... ]

[burningrescue]

[Dad. . .

He puts something on top of his head. It's. A pudding cup.]