Could you be more specific?

[spiritcrystal]

[Keeping Up With the Next Generation: An All-Purpose Guide to All That Stuff Those Kids From Other Regions Keep Talking About.

That's the name of the book Kris is reading in some weird and strangely specific library. Some other hits she sees in the shelves are How (Not) to Deal With Meddling Kids in Caps, It's Not All Black and White, The Series of Guys That Cramped My Style And Messed With My Social Life, and Hot Enemy Problems: Part 1.

But it's a large library. A huge library. The possibilities are endless... and very specifically tailored to everyone's needs.]

[ooc: Aaaand mingle post! Go ahead and comment/tag around!]

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[strongsilent]

[Red is soooo laughing at you, Green.

Or trying not to. Stifling it and failing. But he can so tell that the kid's laughing. Sorry.]

It was too easy. [Pffft.] I wish your sister could've heard that.

[givespoisonoak]

Yeah, real funny of you. [This Red is too chatty and smiley for his tastes. Thinking he can just sneak up on Green like that, the nerve of some people.] Great job. Now shoo.

[strongsilent]

[Nope, he thinks he'll just step in beside him and look at the books. All the fossil ones. How To Train Your Ancient Dragon, Fossiling For Fun Not Fuel, Home-Revival: Why It's A Terrible Idea, Jurassic Park...]

... Is something wrong with Cinnabar? [It was pretty okay when he was there, but had it changed?]

[givespoisonoak]

Oh yeah, it's a real paradise right now. The volcano just happened to wreck the entire place. If only you could've heard about it sooner. [Of course he's not bitter about Red running off! Surely he could see the volcano blast from his dumb mountain throne anyway.]

[strongsilent]

[Oh.]

So the laboratory's wrecked... [No more reviving fossils. That's disappointing. Probably the most disappointing thing about it actually. Man. He was looking forward to reviving more.] It's going to be bigger now though.

[Which means a bigger lab!!! Maybe more things too! Heee.]

[givespoisonoak]

[Yeah, lab is the biggest downer. Nevermind all the people that lost their homes too.]

Hate to break your heart, but I kinda doubt they'll be eager to rebuild there. Active volcano and all. People are moving to Seafoam instead.

[strongsilent]

[Blaine's a capable leader. He's sure they're all okay.]

We should freeze it.

[givespoisonoak]

...

[Green is just gonna stare and pretend like he didn't just hear that. Because that idea is way too ridiculous for even Red to come up with.]

[strongsilent]

...

[Staring right back, because he's serious. If they freeze the volcano then it won't erupt anymore and the lab and everyone else can live back there. It makes perfect sense.]

[givespoisonoak]

[Oh god he is totally serious. Green's eyebrow twitches.]

That's not how it works. That's stupid.

[strongsilent]

Then you're looking for a way to stop it from exploding again, right? Let's fill it up with water.

[givespoisonoak]

That's not how it works either!

[strongsilent]

[BUT WHY NOT GREEN PLEASE]

Ground it out.

[givespoisonoak]

[Well if someone brought books with him to the mountain or didn't leave in the first place maybe that someone would know better just saying.] That'll just make it bigger. You know, lava and the earth's crust and all? [Not that he knows anything about how it works, clearly.]

[strongsilent]

[But if you put dirt on fire it goes out!]

... Let's block it with rocks.

[givespoisonoak]

Are you still talking? [Might want to go back to that whole mute thing and all.]

[strongsilent]

[As rude as always. But he'll snap shut quick, perusing the fossil books once again. And evolution stones. He likes them a lot. But he's not quiet for too long.]

... They were only ideas.

[givespoisonoak]

Yeah, and they were dumb ideas.

[Yes, Red is bad and should feel bad. Mission accomplished for the day. Green returns to his own book - oh right, he dropped it like an idiot. He'll just pull out a random one and pretend to look busy with it.

...And now that uncomfortable silence. He barely knows what to do with Red anymore.] Whatever.

[strongsilent]

So you'll try them? [He's the most hopeful. Optimistic and upbeat! Come on, icing the volcano still sounds awesome.]

[givespoisonoak]

No.

[Shot down. And even if they could, they'd probably get in trouble with the law for, you know, trying to alter an entire volcano and probably the rest of the island with it. Don't you at least need a permit for that?]

[strongsilent]

[Who needs a permit when you're the Champion?]

... You don't have any better ideas, do you...?

[givespoisonoak]

[...Not a bad point actually (and boy would that make Lance pissed which is always a fun perk), but the answer is still no.]

Look, it's - that's not how it works, okay? Volcanoes erupt and the magma makes more land out of it.

[Oh god that was so science-y and nerdy, stop asking him stuff.]

[strongsilent]

[A super fun perk c'mon have some time off of being a sour jerk.]

So if we ice it and make it really cold, then it won't erupt anymore.

[givespoisonoak]

It's over 2000 degrees in there though!

[Not that he knows that. He just heard about it from uh. One of his grandpa's assistants. Yeah.]

[strongsilent]

Then we'll make it -2000 degrees.