ORIGIN

Deli came to with their teeth digging into fur instead of a scaled tail. They blinked, confused. Wait, hadn't Raheerah been in front of them only a moment ago? Hadn't they been burning? No...no wait they were just...kinda wet. They weren't on fire, there weren't any burns or even the smell of singed fur. Just water.

Confusion - had they backfired on their own spell then? They couldn't remember, everything was hazy, but as they let go of Comet's tail, they realized that the wolf was having trouble controlling her body. They'd meant to paralyze her so that the battle was won easily, but this...this wasn't right.

They turned to look at her, and what they were met with was pure rage and hatred as she lunged, trying to sink her teeth into their body, legs jerking beneath her as the seizure still gripped her. They stepped back out of the way and watched as she struggled to control her own body, drool dripping from her mouth. They frowned and reached forward with their magic and felt around, feeling her body, her heart, the thrum of her blood rushing through her veins, and then gripped it hard. Forcing her movements to stop - all of them, including any involuntary twitches caused by the seizure - and had her sit down. "Okay," they barked through their concentration. "I think that's enough."

Deli could see that the wolf was starting to calm down now and they were no longer having to hold back her frenzied kicks or stop her from accidentally hurting herself. They were probably doing more for her then she deserved, and that thought was cemented when the water on them suddenly started freezing. They yelped and pawed at the ice, losing concentration as they clawed at the ice that was now freezing their chest. "Hey, come on, I was helping ya! The fight's over, jeez!"

They were shivering now as they managed to pry most of the ice off, although taking some of their fur with them. They scowled at the wolf as they backed away. "You always do that? Freeze the guy that's stopping you from hurtin yourself? Sucks that you reacted bad to the spell, but shit you already got me back for that!"

Deli scoffed and folded their arms. "Well...shit! Did you see yourself?! You were kicking all over the place! If I hadn't stopped you you would have hurt yourself! How was I supposed to know you'd get all weird like that?" They thought that the venom just paralyzed people or made them sick not send them into a damn seizure. They rolled their eyes and turned. "Whatever. We're done. Fuck off." And they took all of one step when there was a sudden sound of water. They whipped around just in time to see the fountain of water spraying over the graphite sketch, washing off the art that they'd been working on.

Eyes widened. Cold washed over them. It hadn't exactly been a masterpiece but...nobody nobody messed with their art. Nobody! Their head snapped over to glare at Comet and it was like they suddenly exploded. "You...YOU!! THAT WAS MY ART!! THAT WAS MY AAARRRGH ARRRF RARRRRR ARF ARF ARF RAGH" And, once again, their ability to say a coherent word was swept away as they barked madly, throwing themselves at Comet, jaws open to bite down, claws out and scratched at every inch of fur and skin they could get themselves on, a flurry of sharp, natural weapons.

They were flying towards Comet one minute and the next there was a barrier between them and the wolf. They let out a loud, angry bark as they collided into it facefirst and bounced back, almost comically. They fell with an oof on their back but immediately sat up again, snarling at the wolf. There was a break between the two and Deli had a moment to cool the sudden raging fire of anger and realize that they were essentially trying to murder a kid over a childish, immature action. They weren't above pranking kids and being an asshole to them, but they weren't quite as keen to kill one, especially over some stupid sketch.

They frowned. "You're an asshole," they growled. "Grow up, kid. If you're gonna be a jerk, just admit it." They got to their feet, brushing off their legs and picking up their bag again, which they'd previously flung off to protect the contents within. "And don't you go saying that I'm the asshole, because I'm quite well aware I am - and proud of it!" After a moment of glaring at her, the smile crept back on their face as they slid a hand into a pocket of their bag. "Here's a word of advice from your elder, kid - don't take things so seriously. High and mighty will only get you so far. You keep going like this and you're gonna make some enemies that are way stronger then me. Just think before you speak and act, huh?"

They were one to talk.

There was a flash of movement and, just as Deli threw the bottle of paint right at Comet - one containing pink dye - their fur rippled and went invisible. It wasn't perfect, if Comet looked closely she might see a very faint ripple in the air where they were moving, but they didn't care, turning around and walking away as if they had all the time in the world.

*exit, unless stopped