POST ✦ ( OLD RAZZLE DAZZLE. )

[caelestialis]

A quick question:

What are the confirmed symptoms for spontaneous combustion?

I remember reading in some books that before some people exploded into flames and died fiery horrible deaths, there were reports of seeing sparks around the person before the combustion occurred.

Is this true or not? I really need to know right now. As in ASAP as in now as in really right now.

[ ooc; ainsley has been given the subset ability of her prestidigitation - triggering a shower/rain of sparkles and glitter and stars around her when she's happy. it activated today so feel free to have your character see this happening to her in public before this post came up! ]

Comments

[caelestialis]

That's the thing. I thought I was going to be the one who was going to explode and set my poor apartment ablaze.

But! Apparently not. I seem to be giving out sparks or the like when I'm too happy. [ because the world is cruel and unusual. ]

[esperimental]

[ ................. ]

How happy is too happy? Sounds inconvenient. "Heart on your sleeve" or so the metaphor goes.

[caelestialis]

That's what I'm trying to find out.

Never thought I would have to determine how happy I can be or not throughout the day. Talk about being in a pickle.

[esperimental]

I mean, so long as you're not actually setting yourself or anything else on fire. You'd be more like a comic character, literally glowing.

[caelestialis]

[ a comic character? that has her smiling a bit, having never thought of seeing it that way until now. ] Quite a superpower to get from all the ones that are available! Just glittering whenever I'm happy or laugh too hard? Definitely a niche skill for anyone to have.

I think I would even take the powers of that young boy from the comics who can eat anything. That could be useful in a pinch.

[esperimental]

Like... a cave-in pinch? Eat shoes to survive pinch? Those are definitely worst-case scenario, but I guess still more useful than glitter...

[caelestialis]

Ohhh those are good ones.

I was thinking more of eating the dirt that caused the cave-in so escape is possible or eating locks of doors you want to get into but can't. You know- Out of the box answers. Or maybe taking mercy on my poor students and pretend I ate their homework when they try to claim their dogs did it.

sorry for the wait!

[esperimental]

Teachers should be ruthless where necessary. Don't spoil them.

[ that's what he focuses on bc of course ]

not a problem! o /

[caelestialis]

[ nO. ]

I'll keep that in my mind if my students ever step out of line but I like to think that day will never happen. They're sweethearts. And I'm keeping the promise of meeting Kara as incentive to behave for a while.