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[faelyn]

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Word Count: lilou eyes widen astronomically :o "me.... cia??? look at me!" she pats her cheeks, letting out a scandalized gasp. "im no what was that again... yes cia- im no cia!" lilou huffs and clears her throat very dramatically. "...you can lead me to the bunker now... i promise i won't tell a soul."

she gives the guy a conspiratorial smile but is quite perplexed when he just stays there... staring. he was not moving an inch! rats! she had to answer this question >:(

"thats a very hard question, kind sir, uhhhhh..." lilou scrunches her nose up, and a loooong silence insues. "well first, i would give the lava flowers because everyone loves flowers!" she holds up a flower for emphasis which just appears in her hand after reaching in non-existent pockets. "then if the lava is still burning me, i would befriend the lava because if you try hard enough anyone can be your friend!"

"... and if that didn't work... well im not sure what else to do." lilou lets out an exapperated sigh. "i guess i would just get burned :(" she pauses for a long moment. "perhaps.... hm, does lava take sacrifices? like if i were to feed someone-well im not saying i would- but theoretically if i were to feed someone to the lava, do you think it would stop burning me?" she jabs a non-finger at a random guy who said she would run away screaming. "like we could feed that one since she seems like the weakest link around here... don't you think?"

[Vivika]

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“lava? right now?” max’s eyes widen, a little tremor skittering down his spine. he presses down upon the soft earth with his paws, where the curls and fronds of wild grasses dance in-tandem to the drift of the wind. a hypothetical, then, it had to be. but was there even a right answer to this? he chews on the inside of his cheek. “so, just to make sure i’m understanding… if the lava is already flowing against my paws, doesn’t that mean i’m already dead? is this a… trick question?”

warmth rosies the apples of his cheeks. wait, was that too much of a smart answer? was he supposed to start talking about his escape plan instead?

“uh wait wait wait!” he winces at the squeak to his voice. “i-i’m not part of the cee-uh or the C-I-A or whatever it is you said. i don’t even know what that is!”

“...if i had to guess, i figure it’s one of those secret agencies things? i mean where i come from, we have the imperial guard who do all the things that almost everyone doesn’t like… protect the king, collect intel on greater threats. they a lot of special authority and can do pretty much do whatever—” he bites his tongue. “um actually. forget i said that. uh i’m definitely not part of the cee-uh agency! my uncle! yes, my uncle does some shady things in the underground city which are probably a little against the law?”

a nervous chuckle flutters past his lips. “but uh… please don’t tell him i said that. it’s a bit of a secret.”

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[Plushbunny]

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Answer: hawkfire ignored the new name. firebreather was probably a dragon or something.

he hadn't considered this before. even though deep below his clan's territory was a massive active volcano. maybe they could just climb to the tallest mountain? where is the lava coming from? maybe it's coming from the unexplored cave (who knows what's down there), and they could cover it with rocks?

there are also dragons, maybe they could carry the clan to safety? though, he's never seen any big ones.

or, the ancient starclan cats with powerful magic could stop the lava flow. they created the entire dark forest, after all. if not any of this, maybe the clan could somehow find a way to physically travel to starclan temporarily?

maybe they could cool it with water? blizzardclan has a lot of snow, maybe that's enough?

"I don't see any volcano, but if that happens here, I assume 'firebreather's sacred bunker' might be lava proof? have you tested it against these scenarios? do you know what it's made of?"

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[VenomousParadise]

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Shiori blinks slowly at the question, “If it’s already flowing against my paws,” they mutter, “I’d be too dead to care much about it.”

The stranger squints, clearly dissatisfied with such a blunt answer. “No, but, like, what if you had time to act?”

Shiori lets out a sound halfway between a snort and a laugh, “Buddy, if the world’s drowning in lava, I don’t think anyone’s gonna be able to ‘act’ on that.” They glance down at their paw pads as if double-checking for any hint of molten glow. Still just dirt.

The stranger shifts uncomfortably. “well… I’d at least run, I guess.”

“Sure you would.” Shiori’s whiskers twitch, eyes narrowing in dry amusement. “and I’d sprout wings, ascend to the ancestors, and ask them why the slag they'd let this happen. We’d both be ash before our clever plans even started.”

The stranger frowns, almost pouting. “You’re awfully cynical.” It sounds more like a complaint than an observation.

“No,” Shiori drawls, leaning back on their haunches, “I’m awfully realistic.” They tilt their head, eyes glinting. “This isn’t some riddle to solve… is it?”

The stranger opens their mouth, lets it hang a moment, and closes it again.

Shiori sighs dramatically, “Hey, if you’re really looking for an answer, I guess I’d… stand there and roast. maybe flip over halfway through so I cook evenly. If I’m doomed, I might as well be thorough.”

The stranger wrinkles their nose. “…That’s disgusting.”

“Disgusting? I don't think so. Nobody likes half-cooked meat. Gotta either be raw or fully cooked.”

Word Count: 258

[nindroidzane]

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Firpaw flinched back slightly, front paws leaving the ground and only one returning to it. She hesitated, licking the other in embarrassment before hesitantly setting it back on the dark, moonlit grass.

Lava, flood the world...? All of it, or just this forest? Was this some kind of warning - was this actually a side effect of the sun going missing? She supposed if she was going to be worthy of trying to get it back, she needed to be prepared for what was coming. Even if that was lava. Although she supposed, from the scraps she'd heard about the stuff, if that lava was flowing against her paws it was probably already over. Nothing much you could do with your paws melted off.

"Well..." Firpaw hesitated again, flicking her tail, and lifting a paw up from the ground, and licking that, too. No, she couldn't just give up like that, even if lava was flooding and destroying everything and threatening to melt her paws off. Clearly, this stranger, Bonesmasher, he wouldn't give up. So how could she? She was supposed to be helping, after all. This was her big chance.

"I guess I'd..." Firpaw tipped her head sideways. Did lava melt trees, too? They'd seemed decently sturdy against fire. Some of them. "Climb up a tree? Or, no... no, I'd race off to find a big rock, before the lava got too high. Something too high for it to reach, and too strong for it to melt. And I'd... hide out there for a while, I guess. Until the lava... wore off."

Or... something like that.

Word Count: 268

[SkywardtheDragon]

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Answer: Cadence stopped in her tracks, a different thought on her mind. "CIA? Are you a transmigrator too???" She lashed her tail in unrestrained excitement. "I didn't know there's more like me out there! So cool! What's your world like? It's gotta be relatively modern if you have the CIA. Are you American? Cuban? Do you like this world better? I do, but I miss video games. Just can't get the same around here."

She cleared her throat. "...As for your actual question, I would immediately start climbing that tree over there," she pointed to a sturdy oak, "and then on that first branch quickly cast a Fly spell. I'd polymorph into a red dragon instead for the fire resistance, but I'm not high enough level to know that spell. Either way, I'd use my new flying abilities to scout the extent of the lava. Hopefully it's just local. If not, I'd look for a mountain to rest on, or perhaps a well-constructed tower. If needed, I can find another decently stable tree to refresh my flight spell, but I can't sleep on a tree. At least not well enough to get my magic back. Anyway, once I find a good place to stay, I'd scout for survivors. Give them some help, maybe take them back to my base. Or find another mountain to drop them on if they don't look trustworthy. I don't want to throw anyone into the lava unless they actually try and kill me then and there."
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