yogen | THE POOL IS LAVA

[He's a little excited, though he's trying not to show it. Subaru's got an interesting kind of infectious energy. He hasn't met or been told of Lucifer before either, beyond general school rumors and observation in passing, so he's not sure what to expect either.]

S-so... do you need anything particular for this...?

[He's also going to absolutely try to see if he can work out how Lucifer does it from watching, which is probably a doomed endeavor given his experience level of fiction, but bless.]

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[All because Clamor said no, sighs... Lucifer hasn't spoken to either participant here ever in his life, but if they've seen him around they probably saw him in human form... here he's full-on demon form. He swears it makes magic easier to cast (it does not) (he's lying) if he's ever asked.]

I shouldn't need anything extra, no. Transmutation is a little more complicated, [especially hexing something so that it transmutes,] so give me a few moments to recall a spell I can use. In that time... may I inquire as to why you want to do this?

[Like he's not saying no at this point, he's already here, but also.]

[oh my god he looks so cool

so this is the lucifer that nene said was good at cooking? hot. i mean, sweet]

Oh, just to see what it's like to float in lava without the risk of dying!

[I get the feeling Shin went through the entire 'whoa that dude has horns... that's not normal! Welp, not going to ruin my day' face journey on seeing him now. This school is already so goddamn weird.]

It's for a dare. [He adds, like a lying liar who lies. He can't admit he just Wants To, despite Subaru being Right There.]

[Lucifer, as you can see, is very hot.]

Right...

[Listen, y'all, he has six younger brothers. If he sounds like he doesn't believe you, it's probably because he doesn't, but also... at the same time, this is some shit that his brothers would do on a dare. Whatever, if you guys hurt yourselves, it's no longer his problem until Clamor yells at him and then it's his problem.]

Very well. I don't believe I can effectively transmute this much water into real lava, especially considering the stone around it would begin to melt... [basic science or something idk] But, I can make something that feels and looks almost identical, with less of a chance to kill anyone or the surrounding environment.

[One day though he'll burn this whole fucking school down. Anyway!

Lucifer starts to glow a distinct, bright purple as he incants a very long spell...]

Hear my words and obey my command. I, Lucifer, eldest of the Seven Sins, beseech thee...

[I do not have the energy to write Obey Me style spells just know they're incredibly like that. This spell goes on for another three lines probably, and then the pool water turns into the most obnoxiously brightly-glowing orange lava-looking substance, thick and goopy and not at all the texture of water. It's hot to the touch, but not enough to melt the surrounding stone or set fire to anything... it might burn skin with prolonged exposure, though.]

Holy shit. Wait, hellish shit!

[since he's

not holy? anyway. subaru's starting to STRIP]

Thanks, Lucy-san! Last one in's a rotten egg!

[it's..... fine! he won't be able to cannonball into it like he wants anyway, so he'll be able to feel how hot it is but he may need the additional warning of "this will burn you with enough time"]

[~~Lucifer's increasing the temperature of the room in multiple senses.~~

Whoa it's actually happening! He's learnt nothing at all... but it's still kind of amazing to watch. He's leaning out over the edge of the newly transformed pool, peering at it.]

Ahaha... you really did it! ...T-thanks.

[Can't forget the manners... especially since some part of him that he's trying to ignore is like hey could he do this to a person. He holds out a hand to hover it above the surface like a cat doing some test pawing before it actually touches something and then. Subaru just... runs past him and cannonballs in.]

W-wait, hang on!

[The end of his scarf is danging in the goo and getting a bit toasty but he's a bit distracted by seeing if Subaru hasn't actually evaporated himself, Lucifer's statements about warmth level aside.]

[so like

i figure molten stuff is like if you try and land pretty hard on snow

in that it pacts and then slurps you slowly so like, it's less cannonballing and more of a soft impact with him stumbling a little and realizing oh, this is very hot actually, and doing that white-person step they do on hot sand until he gets used to it]

Ahaha, it's hot! Careful when you come in, Yori-chan!

[he's gonna find the edge he knows he can sink into and not drown and get himself used to the pool............]

[He's a demon, so let's not talk about the creative ways Lucifer has killed humans in the past, okay? Okay. ^^ Not gonna ruin Shin's day, right?]

Well. [Subaru is going to be toasted a little.] With prolonged exposure, it will eventually start to burn. It'll be much akin to bathing in water that's a touch too hot...

["A touch" is putting it lightly. Subaru is going to come back with 2nd degree burns, probably. Especially because he just, got nakey and jumped in? Why did he get nakey... how nakey is he.

...

Lucifer reaches down and plucks Shin's scarf from the lava-mockery before it catches fire.]

[it's fine... he has underwear. it's not sinking as easily as he thought it would either. his feet are gonna be hurting like a bitch but he'll be careful from now on]

[Lucifer unfortunately, again, has six little brothers, so he has seen his fair share of bare asses doing stupid shit like lava-diving. He's unbothered by the stripping but he's worried about you, kind of.]

1.
[after he's gotten used to ("used to") the lava, subaru is. learning you can't really swim in it. it's not very swimable, for a couple of reasons:

1. it's very hot

2. it's like, sluggish? it's thick

3. it's Very Hot

so he's sort of floating on his back instead, careful not to get it in his eyes and feeling the burn on his back. like being in the sun too long.]

This is sooooo cool...☆ It's like a hot tub you can swim in.

[......... sorta,]

2.
[and when he's not, uh. burning himself alive. he's out of the pool to take a breather.

and eat the lava. which. tastes sort of metallic. and like saltwater. and also nothing at all, because subaru spits it out when he feels the familiar burn of tongue-scalding and sort of regrets his decision, so he's laying out on his front. his back looks like it has a serious case of sunburn]

Maybe we shoulda gotten some burn cream... I feel like I'm on fire. ☆

[but it doesn't sound like he. dislikes that? he's still riding high on the fact they have a temporary lava pool]

[Asfdgfhf thank you for sparing him, Lucifer, his anxiety's bad enough as it is. And Subaru is indeed alive and apparently enthusiastically unharmed (for now) so... he blinks as Lucifer rescues the end of his scarf... first Lily May and now this... it's looking a bit worse for wear. I don't know what toasted silk smells like (google says charred meat or burnt hair apparently) but the wool in it is definitely giving off that acrid keratin-y scent.]

Ah, r-right. Should... probably take this off, huh?

[He takes off his scarf and buries it under his jacket and beanie before the smell can get to him and ruin his day, and places them in a pile beside the pool while he wonders how hot is 'a touch too hot' as because usually 'too hot' for most people is often 'pleasantly warm' for him, but this is kind of an indicator in it's own right. He guesses he'll just have to find out...

He takes a cautious, wobbly step in, arms grabbing at air and then spreading for balance, and then windmilling a little as his feet start to sink a bit. His shoes are very warm. It's a bit like walking on a really rain-soaked lawn, the way the ground just gives under the grass and sucks at your shoes and he's going from foot to foot swaying, keeping to the border just in case but also looking down at the glow with what he'd say is interest but which is clearly delight.]

Ahaha.... you really do float!

[He's going to try and jump and... that's too much and he falls over on his back on the lava, rip.]

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[Lucifer... is going to be in so much trouble when Clamor finds out about this, holy shit. Subaru is probably roasting his organs, and... Shin just flopped backwards into mock lava...

Oh well, burnt kids. That just sort of happens.]

Be careful, you two. [Mostly because he's not sure if this is going to get him extra tallies or not.] Make sure to come out of there if it gets too hot to handle.

[Or don't. He's not your dad. Well, okay, he kind of is?]

Kay~!

[you know. the sort of "kay" someone gives when they acknowledge you but won't. take it too seriously. right now. ahaha, this is sooo cool..! he can't wait to tell everyone how... weirdly soft but in a sort of goopy way it is... and how hot it is... oh, he's gonna have to taste this later too...]

1. [Head into the pool at this moment and you will see an amazing, incredibly rare sight. No, not the lava in the pool (although yes also that) but Shin missing his scarf, beanie and jacket, stripped down to his vest and a pair of pants (No nakey, though. That's Subaru). He almost looks like a completely different person, especially given that he seems to be enjoying himself, floating on the lava, walking along the edge of it, and trying to pick up clumps of it and bring them over to the tiled floor of the pool building to see if it cools and turns into rock like it.

(Sadly any additions to his rock gacha collection will probably be doomed by the rocks turning back into saltwater when Lucifer turns the entire rest of the pool also back into saltwater. Just like the fairytales...)

2. Even Shin's tolerance and affinity for heat has a limit and after a while he's stopped going into the pool and is just lounging around the general area like a salamander while Subaru continues to roast himself, the glow casting a strangely homey vibe in the pool area. His hair is wet from having used one of the pool showers to cool down, and while he's not as burnt thanks to a clothing layer he's definitely a bit pink, his scarf loose around his neck and his jacket half off his shoulders. He's in a content mood to chat.

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[It's okay, they're just lightly toasted. Like marshmallows. They'll be fiiine.... depends how much burn salve the school nurse has.]

Urk!

[Hang on let him try to lever himself up, this is like every PSA about quicksand except also about waterbeds, or, well, an entire pool filled with something too dense to swim in but too goopy to return all of the force it's pushed on with. He does manage to roll over and from there grab the pool edge and pull himself out though.]

A...ha... I'll take that under advisement...

[Message received on both counts! He's going back in again but... no jumping for sure this time. He's heading over to where Subaru is as well, because a thought has occurred to him.]

...Hey, do you... think this works like glass?

[Molten glass is basically cleaner lava, right?]

[subaru is not........ sinking as fast as he wants and it sort of hurts too much to do that proper, so he's dragging himself to sit cross-legged on the edge so he can hit the lava with his hands. this is somehow fun.]

Whatcha mean?

[...]

Like, can we make glass out of it? Or those cool orbs people do?

[th... the glass blowers, honey]

Yep. You've seen the videos, right?

[You can't be on the internet any length of time and not get mesmerised by at least one.]

Not sure about glass exactly but... think about it.

[Subaru's handprints are slowly filling in. With the small hisses of someone trying to get a still-too-hot cookie out of the oven Shin tries to get a pinch of the stuff and pull it up into a peak... it starts oozing back down almost immediately but this is definitely not something water does.]

We've got a whole pool of it right now...

... And we've got as long as Lucy-san lets us have it to make some cool stuff.

[shin's right. the possibility is there, and subaru presses his lips together tight as he tries to scoop some with a finger onto the edge of the pool.]

Let's try beads first. We'll know how they look from there.

[they can try and make them into cool shapes once they know what they're dealing with.]

[Lucifer is just standing there watching them, but... they have a point. This is a little bit like molten glass. Granted, anything they make will just turn back into pool water when he drops the spell, but it's like a fun... oh, what's it, enrichment? For kids? For teenagers, he supposes, actually.]

You can take it out of the pool with no problems. It should cool down like glass normally would, but I do have to warn you it'll turn back into water eventually.

[Like, he knows they know, but he has to say it in case somewhere in their heads their hopes are up or something.]

( she'd seen a few people leave and head to the pool- and, well, even if late night swimming's neat, and they do have an adult, nene has turned into something of a slightly paranoid mother hen, so she'd come to check on them.

and uh

the pool is now lava. what.

anD SUBARU'S IN THE LAVA?? )

Subaru-kun!? What on earth-

["would nene activate in lava?" should not be subaru's first thought looking at her, and slowly pushes his way over to her... backstroking..? yeah. it's weird but you get used to the sort of half-float you're in.]

Hiya, Nene~! Come to join the magical fun? ☆

[don't be worried, it's okay. for now. there is no way this is going on a super long time given human bodies are weak to high temps.]

I didn't even know this was happening...

( nene stares at the lava and- how is subaru not fucking dead? oh jeeze. is this- ... oh wait lucifer is there. okay. okay that makes more sense. carefully, nene crouches down onto her knees at the pool's edge and tentatively rests her hand above the lava, like she's checking the temperature from the air alone. )

I can't believe you guys turned the pool into lava.

Only for a little while! Lucy-san'll turn it back to normal when we're done with it.

[... whenever that is.]

Isn't it cool?! I— [he'll soften his voice] I dunno if you'll still turn into a mermaid if you touch it though, so I'll be careful around you 'til it's washed off.

( aw, subaru...

nene smiles for a moment before tentatively dipping her hand in the lava. .......... ohhhhhhhh jeeze it feels SO weird, but. when she removes her hand... it's...

scale free! )

Oh! Look, look!

( drag her in her jammies will be fine- )

[ Walks in to see a literal death trap has taken up the pool. Okay. Well. This is right out of her nightmares.

...Is that Sou? And Lucifer...and a bunch of burning pool noodles.

No, she's not dealing with this today! Have fun! She's going to try and leave right away!]

[Unfortunately for her Shin a) spots her and b) is... actually in a rare good mood.]

Sara!

[He's waving her over like here, come on, look at this. While holding one end of a half-chewed burning pool noodle.]

C'mon, you won't get another chance!

[Listen who hasn't wondered what lava would feel like, apart from someone who's already been through this rodeo and almost got killed by it. He might also be wrong about not getting another chance depending on how lucrative Lucifer realizes this could be, but still.]

Better make the most of it then...

[His hopes, dashed! No but it's interesting to mess around with while it lasts. He's struggling to remember the last time he just did... something stupid and fun like this. Maybe he never did... that's a depressing thought. He's not even sure how this happened, actually.]

Ahaha... might be easier if we...

[He casts about a bit for something they can use so they don't end up burning their fingers too much, and well... this is the start of the end for the particular pool mop he finds and drags to the edge, puffing a little at the destination.]

...use this to get it out.

[subaru looks dashed at the news too, but that makes sense... it's not real lava, after all; it'll be fun while it lasts at least!!! they can roll it around... and... roll it around...? and maybe... roll.... it around........ they really need something to blow with.

but whatever that is a five minutes into the future problem, for now subaru's gonna stand and help shin out however he can!!!]

Good idea! Let's get a whole bunch before this thing passes to the next life!

[this poor mop... it deserves a gorinto too]

[!!!!!!

he's grabbing her hand and pulling her in then! welcome to. the weirdness of knock off lava! it's hot so please take care ☆]

Ahaha, awesome! You can join me and Yori-chan's fun then! It's mostly just floating though, swimming is tough!

[Alright, Lucifer can be nice sometimes, don't say that he's not super fun at parties. He steps over to them and hands them his rolled-up whip. He's not really sure what it's going to do? But they can whip... the lava-water? The glass-water? Whatever this is anymore. Have fun, he's not worried about a leather whip getting harmed at all.]

Just don't whip each other, and I'll let you borrow it.

[Please please do not whip each other.]

( for my own sake and also because nene's not doing the rhyme thing i'm gonna say this is before she goes to play with natsume, what a wild fuckin night this is

anyways nene squeaks when he grabs onto her and pulls- ohhhhhh it's SO weird!!! like!! like warm jelly or something but thicker! )

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa what the heck- ( cue laughter (befuddled but delighted) here. ) I- if we get out are we gonna come out dry? I genuinely don't know--

[yessss enjoy it... he'll let her go since you really. don't sink]

Nope! But it comes off easy, especially one it hardens~. Then you crackle it and pick it off!

[so fun. so so fun.]

Oh my god. ... Subaru-kun we're going to need so much lotion after this-

( does shopkeep-kun... have lotion... )

I never thought anything like this was possible- e-even with some of the things I saw at home!

[They were so excited about the concept of interactive lava they didn't bring anything to interact with it with...

Wait why are they being handed a whip... Shin would also like for please no whipping of each other to occur. Clearly the best way to achieve this is to claim it first.]

G-got it. Thanks...

[He takes it and unrolls it like it's a strange object and then just thumps it down onto the lava... nothing much happens except the whip is now lying on the lava.]

Actually, Subaru... you take this. ...I'll use the mop. [He's changed his mind, you can probably actually get some whipping action out of it. I'm now imagining a little mop gorinto made out of lava bits.]

Youuuu got it! Ahaha, I've never used of these before...!

[oh, shin. you have made such a mistake. he knows lucifer said not to use it against one another, but much like a boy with a damp towel he grins and backs up a bit, definitely going be... practicing... trying to whip the lava-water, innocent as can be...☆

for now. he's definitely going to whip shin's ass at an undetermined point of time.]

[for... a price, maybe ☆]

I'll take that as a compliment, then! Oh, don't stay too long in it though, Lucy-san says that it'll really do some damage to you~. It's like colored, thick simmering water after all!

[Please do not whip Shin's ass, thank you.

Lucifer sort of stands there for a moment before deciding, eh, good enough, Subaru's entertained with whipping lava-water? He could teach the kids how to properly use a whip, but then if they decide to kill each other later, that might backfire. ...but also it would be really fucking funny— okay no.

...]

You're standing in a way that's going to throw off your aim. Remember that you're putting full upper body force into utilizing a whip properly, so if you stand weakly, you're going to tip yourself over.

[Nevermind he's doing this.]

[... sorry, future shin ☆

subaru'll adjust accordingly, or at least what he's gathering from lucifer's words, and it feels more comfortable anyway... he's gonna learn how to use a whip and impress all his friends]

I thought it'd be kinda like a yo-yo, you know? With the wrist.

[Future Shin will re-enact the entire Miette meme emotionally, pretend to play it off, and then bide his time for the perfect opportunity to "accidentally" tip Subaru into the lava while acting innocent and fooling no-one. Lucifer please stop this from escalating...

Right now though, unaware of his fate, Shin's content to sit on the edge of the pool and watch the lessons with the twin feelings of he's not going to be able to use this is he and it might be useful anyway.]

( maybe she'll see if she can find aloe in the nurse's office after this. she thinks that it might be necessary... but for now? it's just floating. weirdly buoyant, hot as heck... turning away from subaru so he doesn't get hit, nene experimentally just... paps the surface like she's making a splash. )

Right- I think I'll need to get out faster than you cause my hair's longer...

( if she has to cut her hair because it dries out, then she has to explain how the green works. she doesn't know how the green works, it just happens. she doesn't want to go through that- )

[it jiggles more than it splashes, because you really need something heavy to make lava splash

... also at the very least subaru won't ask, because wataru's does the same thing with blue? it's fine]

A girl's hair is her pride, after all~. Or that's what I've heard anyway. Do you like putting it up, Nene, or do you like having it down better?

Ehehe, something like that!

( sometimes you're a girl with two-toned hair and it's natural and it makes haircuts very strange but you're anime sooooo )

I normally have it down, but I've been putting it in pigtails more, lately... it helps keep it out of the way when I need to do things.

( and somehow, it makes her look more mature. wild, huh. )

THE POOL IS LAVA

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hrngh soup (tl time!)

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