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[The communicator turns on with a crack. Lucca is staring at it, frowning in concentration. But she doesn't seem to realize she's turned it on. Unless she intended to send out a video of a chisel in the extreme foreground and a hammer coming down upon it.

The chisel glances off the phone's surface and out of her hand and she mumbles something decidedly vulgar-sounding under her breath.]

...can't open it up this way, either. It's worse than the Gummi Blocks.

[She removes her gloves with a sigh, then sits up again and holds a single finger up. It glows, first red-hot and then white, and the heat of it can be seen in the way the air around her hand distorts the image behind it.]

Okay, pal. Remember that I did try to play nice. Let's see how this works...

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[And less than an hour later, there's a fairly alarming bang coming from one of the rooms available for rent in Traverse Town. A few seconds afterward, a window is thrown open and smoke pours out followed by a smoke-marked Lucca, coughing and gulping down the clean air.]

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[Golbez is in his own room in Traverse Town when the explosion happens. At first, he thinks it's an attack- he's reminded of the ways he used the Red Wings when he was in control of Baron. But this isn't the same, and no explosions follow it as he seeks out the source of it.

In fact, when he comes to the source of it, it seems fairly... harmless.]

What happened?

[One second, busy coughing. Once she gets her breath back, she waves. Apparently she's not too concerned by the fact that Golby is a giant in armour.]

Don't mind me, neighbour! Just having a few problems with the communicator!

And what problems would those be, that they would create an explosion?

[He's just not going to ask about why she's so unconcerned with any of this.]

It seems to object to high temperatures. It's not broken, it just- retaliates.

Retaliates?

Strikes back. Reciprocates. Evens the score. Takes revenge. Gets payback.

I am aware of the meaning of the word. I simply wondered that a device such as this would have the capabilities to do so.

Sure seems to. Tried to use fire magic to open it up, it just made a loud noise and shot smoke everywhere, it's not even damaged.

On its own? How strange. An effective defense mechanism, however.

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