Video, Action for Sleeper Car 3: Fiddlesticks Day 2, Night

[oripyrothy]

[ Late into the night, far past the point everybody should be asleep, Sleeper Three is rudely awakened by the fire alarms - previously unused and untested - now blaring loudly. They might also hear a girl's scream.

Those stumbling out of their own cabins will shortly find the door to Cabin D popping open, and a flaming pile of fabric being thrown out into the hallway. It's shortly followed by Ifrit, a teenage girl with demonic black stone horns and tail, who proceeds to try and stomp out the fire, to mixed success.

The fire alarm doesn't go out right away, even after Ifrit (or somebody else) extinguishes the fire, as the smoke rises to the top of the car and keeps the alarm going until it can be properly dispersed after a couple minutes. ]


[ It's about a half hour later, well into the dead of night, when a video post gets put up to the network. Ifrit, wearing a purple nightshirt that's sporting a couple small holes with blackened edges now, looks irate and tired as she gazes into the screen. ]

Okay. I guess it's time I asked for...... [ cringe ] ...help.

Does anybody have some fireproof cloth, or clothes? Or blankets. Or like, something they can spray over all the furniture? I'll take anything.

My name's Ifrit, I'm in Sleeper... 3? Cabin D.

And I... [ Her face contorts a bit, as if she just ate something unpleasant. ] ...I'm sorry about. All the fire. There, I said it, okay!? [ She turns the video feed off very quickly following the 'apology.' ]

Comments

[oripyrothy]

Good idea! [ Ifrit's voice sounds pleased, and she helps once the blanket is down to use it to snuff the flames of her own blanket.

But, ] Oh no! [ NOPE, that blanket is now lighting up...! ]

[hashtagparkerluck]

SHIT!

[ Peter backs away. Okay. He's smart. He knows how fires work. ]

Be right back!

[ He rushes faster than a human should be able to and runs to the bath room and then slides on a towel someone (probably him) left out ]

[ CRASH ]

I'm okay!

[ He gets right but up from the sound of it and rushes back with a bucket filled with water! ]

This is why Gwen has custody of their shared brain cell 99.9 percent of the time

[hibana_incursa]

[ Okay, yeah. So the fire alarm is causing Gwen some minor serious pain. But her spider sense is also screaming at her and telling her where she needs to be. So she listens to that and follows the chaos. Grabbing a fire extinguisher on the way as any sane person would do.

When she gets to the source of the problem, she hardly hesitated. Instead she points the fire extinguisher where it needs to go and pulls the trigger, sweeping it back and forth and putting the fire out.

When it’s finally quiet enough, she lets it drop to the floor and turns to look at everyone. ]


What happened? Is anyone hurt?

[oripyrothy]

We had a fire extinguisher this whole time!? [ THIS IS WHY.... YOU PAY ATTENTION TO FIRE SAFETY, GIRL WHO LITERALLY SETS THINGS ON FIRE.

Ifrit's clothes have gotten a little singed, but she seems fine herself. She's got a couple small burns but that's the price you get for being Ifrit.

She's just going to.... plop herself against the nearest wall, taking some deep breaths, trying to calm down. ]

[hashtagparkerluck]

I got it! I got it!

[ Peter shouts as he runs up and tosses the water directly on- ]

Oh my god! I'm so sorry Gwen!

[hibana_incursa]

[ The water makes contact and Gwen shrieks. She is convinced Peter found a way to get water from the White Witches castle in fucking Narnia, that’s how god damn cold the water is. And she got a face full of it, too, so after the shriek comes sputtering and coughing and she wipes excess water off of her face before giving Peter a look that he probably understands to mean “You’re lucky I love you so much.” ]

I’d like a towel, please, if someone can get that for me. Thanks.

[oripyrothy]

[ Holy shit dude. You just- you just got that girl with a whole thing of water. Wow! Wow.

Ifrit is genuinely in shock from this turn of events, it's not even funny. But she pipes up. ] Uh, yeah, hold on, I'll go grab... something. [ She scrambles past Peter, shooting him a "good luck" expression before disappearing into the bathroom to grab a towel.

She'll be back out in like, 10 seconds, don't die in the meantime.

She, obviously, has no idea they're a couple, or friends or roommates or anything. ]

[hashtagparkerluck]

I'm so, so sorry Gwen! [ He repeats, his brown eyes extra wide and skin extra pale as Ifrit runs to get a towel. He'd have given her his blanket but... it's currently a pile of ashes on the ground. ]

Um.. are-are you uh okay? [ He's not really sure what to do right now because she's probably pissed. Also, that stupid alarm is still killing him it's like each shriek sends an uncomfortable wave through his body and he's starting to feel really nauseous. Probably a combination of nerves and pain. ]

Oh god.

[hibana_incursa]

[ Gwen's just glad she wasn't in her pajamas yet. It'd suck to try to sleep in soggy pajamas, and her other pair is in the laundry basket. She watches Ifrit go and then turns her attention to her boyfriend, watching the look on his face for a moment and having a hard time staying mad at him.

As he stutters out his apology, the fire alarm finally shuts off and Gwen sighs with relief before nodding. ]

I'm...I mean, I'm soaked? But...

[ She shrugs. Could be worse. That alarm could still be flipping out. ]

[oripyrothy]

[ A towel gets flung out as soon as Ifrit's out of the bathroom, going in Gwen's direction. ]

Did you apologize yet!? [ She's talking to Peter here, obviously. ] Jeez!

...oh hey, the alarm's off. Finally.