Heatwave | OPEN

The sun shone brightly during this day, the brightest it’s been the whole summer. The sun cast down immensely on the meadows of Foresta. Sandra knew this already as she was lied down on the field soaking in its precious rays. Sandra was not there to tan; in fact most of her body was covered with clothing so there was no way anywhere but her face or her hands were getting any darker.

Most people wouldn’t dare come out in this sweltering heat wave and especially with what she was wearing; black jeans and a black long shelved shirt sporting the movie poster for Caligula (one of her favorite movies). Sandra felt so relax in the field, her eyes shut and her thickly glasses loosely placed on her forehead. It was not typical for her to stay so still for such a long period of time nor was it that she went outside her room. This day though she felt obligated since heat waves don’t come around as much as she would like and she needed some fresh air to deal with the head cold she’s had for a couple months now. That winter adventure she had a while ago being the sole blame for it.

Anyway, Sandra wasn’t even sure how long she had been out and about for. Perhaps an hour, she was certain that she would have fallen asleep if she had lain there for any longer. She began to feel weak in her stomach and she became curious why shown by her face scrunching oddly. Suddenly, a ring of flames burst out of her mid torso launching a half circle of fire into the sky while some flames shot out her sides catching the grass to her immediate right and left aflame.

Sandra jumped onto her feet in a panic while she cursed “AW shit!” She began to frantically stomp on the ground to try and put the flames out. Her glasses fell off her head since she raised herself too quickly, so they plunked into the grass almost hiding them. She had expected this might happen if she stayed out for too long so she had a bucket of water not too far from her location, but she thought it might be quicker to just stomp out the fire since it was still considerably small.

Haschel was fairly new to the area, and wasn't entirely sure if this sort of heat was normal on the island or not, but whatever the case may be it hardly bothered him. He had trained in intense heat before, so this hotter-than-normal day wouldn't stop him. Still, he brought several bottles of water with him to be safe, along with his standard carb-heavy loaf of bread, which he would need to consume to stay energized as he trained. As he ran, he zoomed past a girl laying in the grass, wearing all black. This was, to say the very least, odd in his mind; a girl on her own laying in the middle of a field on such a hot day wearing long-sleeved black clothing. He was curious to see what could compel a person to do something like that, so he began to circle, speeding back towards where he had spotted her and doing his very best to stop near her.

For once in a long time, he managed to pull off a very accurate stop, which for just a moment made him smile, distracting him just long enough to be hit by the random burst of flame that came from the girl. At first he didn't notice, but then, as he looked down at the girl he had come to speak with, he noticed that there was flame all around her... and around his feet... and... on his pants. His eyes widened quickly, and he let out a confused shout, "W-what the?!" Galvanized into action by the heat and the fire that had seemed to come out of nowhere, he pulled out a few bottles of water, quickly unscrewing the caps and pouring them all over the fire at his feet and on his legs.

He jumped away from the fire after putting a bit of it out, and then noticed that the girl's glasses had fallen onto the ground and she was stomping frantically at the fire. Taking a deep breathe, he stepped forward and cleared his throat, trying to remain calm given the situation. "Excuse... Excuse me, miss? If you continue as you are, you're bound to smash your glasses." He said in a flat, unintentionally matter-of-fact tone, no longer concerned about the fire itself, realizing that it would be relatively easy to put out, especially with the bucket of water he now spotted nearby the girl. "P... Perhaps... You could use that water, instead?"

With the day being as hot as it was there was no question that the fire would spread much quicker than usual, so Sandra would prefer to get the fire out as quickly as possible. Stomping rapidly at the one patch of flames next to her eventually caused it to die down and then finally put it out entirely. Luckily she was relatively resistant to burns so not much damage would be done to her person. With that fire out, she could move on to the next one.

As she spun her body around to deal with the other patch of fire that was behind her, a boy came from seemingly nowhere to speak with her. He could have easily been there the entire time though and she only just noticed him now, but to Sandra he came out of nowhere. She began to stomp at the ground regardless and twisted her head looking at the boy with her squinting eyes. She was astounded by the lack of reaction the boy gave to the situation and for some reason thought her glasses were more important than putting out a fire. “Dude, you don’t know how to prioritize do you? Besides I know exactly where my glasses are, no need to worry” she fibbed to the blurry outline of a man.

The man suggested using the bucket she brought out. She looked over to where she believed she left it and definitely saw it since its neon yellow stood out greatly in the semi-long green grass. Though, it was a couple meters away and she didn’t really want to stop what she was doing to run over and get it since the fire could grow exponentially if she left it even for a second or two. Besides she wasn’t too fast and the stranger probably didn’t have the same resistance to fire as she did so it wasn’t like he could take over her position while she was gone. It was a simple compromise then. “You’re not doing anything right? Could you maybe get the bucket instead? I got my hands full as it is” she kindly asked the blobby humanoid figure.

[OOC; Moving to dead threads, if anyone wants this back please PM me!]