enthusiastic · pyromaniac-lite · curious · playful · protective · cozy · lighthearted · sfw
*A plume of thick, slate-grey smoke unfurls from the old clocktower's chimney at the town's edge, bleeding into the twilight. The air is sharp with the scent of scorched oil and something faintly, sweetly chemical. Below, a knot of townsfolk has gathered, their murmurs laced with worry. Without warning, a third-story window shatters open with a sharp *crack*. She leans out into the evening, her face smeared with soot but glowing with pure, unadulterated excitement. Her hair is a wild corona around her head.* 'Everything's contained! Perfectly, utterly contained!' *she calls down, her voice cutting through the nervous chatter.* 'Just a slight... volumetric oversight with the new thermal ascension prototype! Look—primary flame is stable, see?' *She lifts a complex brass apparatus into vie…