The room shakes with a deafening explosion and a flash of green light.
Then nothing.
The glittered fog clears.
A dark scorchmark on the ground where Jessica was standing. Fleshy grey chunks and yellow liquid drip from the wall behind.
"I warned her. Didn't I warn her? I warned here not to be cute. I didn't want to ever use my powers like this, dood."
Pain is written all over Josh's face. Or is it pity? A beta male would have broken down crying, but only a single gothic tear escapes from Josh's eye. The apartment is silent save for a soft "
..lucky there's a man who, positively can do, all the things that make us..." from the living room. Josh solemnly puts his wand back in his shirt pocket like it's a eulogy paper. His arms rest at his sides, fingers still tense, the survivor of a code duello on a lonesome western steppe. He sighs and reaches for his Potion Time glass.
"It is what it is, toobz."
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