"That box I have's good for holding artifacts, unless you want to keep it to play with."

She glances at the body, causing it to rise limply into the air.

"I don't think it likes me very much."

She levitates the artifact, too.

"Yeah, as you get bonded to one type, it gets - kinda harder to use the other kind of artifact? And if you're a bad match for one of the kinds you can start with it feeling pretty yucky."

"I'll have to settle for being a girl who has magic instead of a magical girl, then."

"You're prettier than any of the magical girl avatars, anyways. Wouldn't do to diminish that."

"One of my most important assets, obviously."

She starts off through the woods, trailing body and artifact behind her.

"Alongside your intelligence, and ferocity, and skill, and grace... Quite an excellent package."

"Yes, I am," she says placidly, following along.

She finds somewhere non-flammable, farther away from campus, and burns the body without much ceremony. "What now?"

"I think a little celebration is in order. And you can explain why you thought what you introduced me as was a good name."

She grins. "My apartment, then?"

Smile.

"Yes."

Apartment!

Ruby drops back into human once they're inside, spinning around a bit.

"You're fun to work with."

Hee.

"The part where you stepped on her was cool."

"Physical fighting's pretty fun, yeah."

"It was getting hard for me to move when she was doing that suppression thing."

"Yeah, if we're gonna be getting into fights we should work on more flexibility for you..."

"As much fun as being made of lightning is, yeah."

"Important to make you as terrifying as possible, after all."

"Yeah."

Kiss.

"So - names and celebration?"

"Yes. Your explanation had better be good."

"Well, Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of night, known for being terrifying - and terrifyingly beautiful. Quite aesthetic."

"And Mystic Storm of Feline Destiny was funny and also distinct. And the contrast between a long, elaborate artifact name and a short working name is pretty."

Ellie is Suspicious.

"You're lucky I like you."

"I am. Very lucky to have an Ellie."